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. Third Quarter 2004 .
Correction Nevvs
North Carolina Department of Correction 214 W. Jones Street. Raleigh NC 27603 (919) 716-3700
Community Corrections honors
2004 Officers of the Year
APEX-Secretary TheodisBeckand
Robert Lee Guy, director of the Division
of Community COlTections,recognized the
Probation, Parole and Community
Supervision Officers of the Year July 21.
Eight employees won the award: Chris
Barnett, Deana Hart, Paul Hatch, Joey
King, Tracy PalT, Charles Staley, Joseph
Tilley and Monika White.
"Each officer plays an important part in
preserving our public safety and we owe
them our thanks," Beck told the honorees,
colleagues and family members who
attended the awards ceremony at the Office
of Staff Development and Training. "To
the officers being honored today, and to all
those who work across our state every day,
I say thank you for ajob well done. Thank
. you for your commitment to quality and
your service to our state. Thank you
for making a difference in the lives of
offenders."
More than 2,000 community
cOlTections officers supervise more than
115,000 criminal offenders serving
probation, parole or post release
supervision in North Carolina
communities. In recognition of the
important work the officers do,
Governor Michael Easley proclaimed
July 18-24,2004Probation,Paroleand
CommunitySupervisionOfficers'Week
The officers of the year were
recognizedforvariousefforts,including
acts of heroism, exceptional work and
going above and beyond the call of duty.
For more information about the
officers; see pages 4-5.
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Avery-Mitchell co-workers
win big bucks
for saving state money
By Mildred Spearman
SPRUCE PINE-Almost three years
ago, Bryan Johnson's printer cartridge ran
out of toner almost every time he tried to
print Avery-Mitchell Correctional
Institution's inmate newsletter. Every time
he had to buy a new cartridge, he couldn't
believe how much itcost. There s got to
be a better way, he thought.
So Johnson put his head together with
Ronald McKinney, an accounting
technician at the facility, to try to find a
way to save money on the cartridges.
"We were using and having to buy a lot
of refurbished computer cartridges,"
remembers McKinney. "We just got to
rolling it around in our heads that if
somebody else can refill those, why can't
we buy the supplies and do it ourselves?"
Fast forward to 2004. Inmates at
Avery-Mitchell now buy toner in bulk and
refill toner cartridges for the Division of
Prisons all across the state. And Johnson
and McKinney are nearly $15,000 richer
because of it.
On June 7, Johnson and McKinney
each received a check for $14,496.30 as
(Avery-Mitchell,cont.on page 2)
2 Third Quarter 2004 Correction News
Avery-Mitchell, cont. from page 1
part of the State Employee Incentive
Bonus Program (SEIBP). SEIBP
rewards employees for developing ideas
that benefit the state in one or more of
the following areas: safety, costs,
productivity, efficiency, conditions,
services to the public, energy resources
or employee morale. When a suggestion
results in monetary savings to the state,
the people who suggested the idea are
eligible for a monetary award equal to
up to 20 percent of the annual savings
resulting from the first year the idea is
implemented. In the first year that
inmates began refilling cartridges, the
program saved the Department of
Correction approximately $147,000.
The idea to use inmate labor to refill
printer cartridges was an idea born of
necessity. As programs supervisor at
Avery-Mitchell, Johnson needed to print
a lot of documents, but needed to find a
more economical way to do that.
Inmates already were refurbishing used
state computers to be donated to local
school systems, so Johnson knew the
inmates had enough skill to refill toner
cartridges. Johnson then began working
with one of the inmates to figure out
exactly how to refill the cartridges and
what supplies they would need.
Once the process was in place,
Johnson and McKinney added up the
costsandrealizedthat usinginmatelabor
to refill the cartridges would save a
tremendous amount of money. They
worked with Wayne True and Steve
Bailey to implement a pilot program at
Avery-Mitchell in March 2002. Three
months later, the department provided
resources to expand the program
statewide.
NeitherJohnsonnorMcKinneyhasany
immediate plans to make any big
purchases with their bonuses. Johnson
plans to just save his money and pay a
few bills,while McKinney is going to save
his money to buy a cabin. Although both
admit the process of getting from an idea
to a payoff through SEffiP can be tedious,
they advise other people to share their
money-saving ideas and take a shot at
earning the bonus money. They say the
time and effort invested will not be wasted
if you follow the rules and keep good
notes.
"If you'll really take your time and look
the situation over and follow the [SEffiP]
guidelines, it will be very beneficial to the
state and to them," says McKinney."
"Keep good documentation, so you can
prove how much your savings show,"
adds Johnson, who has another potentially
award-winning idea tucked away in the
back of his head. "Once it's all done, it's
all worth it in the long run."
James "Jimmy" \Voodard
(19 I 5-2004)
Former correction ~.
secretary James ~ ~ ~ Woodard died May:. Ii! _ ,
26. He was 88.
AJohnstonCounty
native, Woodardwas
born in 1915. Hehad Woodard
an interesting career
path, working at various times as a
band instructor, railroad clerk, cashier,
soldier, judicial official and owner of
a clothing store. He served as clerk
of court for Johnston County for 10
years, until Govemor Jim Hunt named
him chairman of the Parole
Commission in 1977. Woodard later
served as secretary of the Department
of Correction from 1981-84.
Woodard is survived by Frances
Pittman Woodard, whom he married
in 1941; two children and a host of
family and mends.
(JjecauseI couCanot stop
for aeath, :He ~naCy
. stoppeafor me; cr1ie
carriage heCa 6ut just
ourseCves ana immortaCity.
--Emily Dickinson
(1830-1886) American Poet
General A.,'seI11b(vgives state elllployees a pay raise
RALEIGH-The North Carolina
General Assembly adjourned July 18,
agreeingto a budget that grantsperma-nent
full time employees a $1,000 or a
2.5 percent pay raise, whichever is
greater. The increase is the first salary
increase since 2001.
Employees that make less than
$40,000 will receive the flat $1,000,
which amountsto a raise of greaterthan
2.5 percent. For example, employees
making $20,000 actually received a 5per-cent
raise, while employees making
$30,000 actually received a 3.3 percent
raise. Employees who make $40,000 or
more receive a 2.5 percent increase. The
increase will be added to the employee's
base pay and will be included in the Au-gust
paycheck, retroactive to July 1.
In other legislation related to the de-partment,
the General Assembly autho-rized
Transylvania County to donate land
to the state for use as a correctional
facility and annexed Albemarle Cor-rectional
Institution into the town of
Badin. The legislature also added pro-bation
and parole officers to the defi-nition
oflaw enforcement under G S.
143-166.2( d) to clarify that the offic-ers
are covered by the the Law En-forcement
Officers', Firemen's, Res-cue
Squad Workers' and Civil Air Pa-trol
Members' Death Benefits Act.
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Correction News Third Quarter 2004 3
Matthew 25 Center
welcomes inmate families
BURGAW-When family members
come to visit inmates at Pender
Correctional Institution and neighboring
facilities, they no longer have to worry
about where they will stay. The Matthew
25 Center, a nonprofit, nondenominational
center, now serves as a home away from
home for familieswho visit their lovedones
IIIpnson.
"It's a ministry, but it's also a hospitality
house for families of inmates," says Billy
Anderson, executive director of the center.
Located a short distance from the
Pender Correctional, the Matthew Center
has six bedrooms with baths, office space,
a worship area, an industrial kitchen and
a large living and dining area. The center
also has an apartment where the center's
director and his wife Frances will live.
Many people helped make the center
a reality, including Debi Creech, who
pioneered the vision more than 10 years
ago; Tommy Gamer Jr., who donated the
land for the building; and the Wilmington
Baptist Association, who organized a
coalition to help design and build the
center.
Families of inmates at any area prisons
are welcome to stay at the center. With
the continued support of the community,
the center accepts
donations, but does not
charge the families for either
food or lodging. For more
information about the
Matthew 25 Center,
contact Anderson at (910)
259-7133.
recognized Wake I
County probation I
officers May 20 during I
a news conference
announcing a Project
Safe Neighborhoods
(PSN) roundup that
resulted in 90 arrests.
Chief Probation Officer
Maggie Farmer and six
other probation officers
had taken part in the
multi-agency
collaborative effort to
serve outstanding arrest
warrants.
The three-day Wake County roundup
was part ofPSN, a national program that
aims to reduce gun violence. Under the
leadership ofthe United States Marshals
Service, several agencies came together
to participate in the roundup, including the
U. S.Bureau of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, the Wake County Sheriff's
Office, the Apex Police Department, the
Cary Police Department, the Gamer
Police Department, and the Raleigh Police
Department. They arrested offenders for
crimes such as drug offenses, assault with
a deadly weapon, illegal possession of a
firearm, aggravated assault, probation
violations and weapons violations.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jane Jackson recognizes Wake County
ChiefProbationlParole Officer Maggie Farmer during the press
conference announcing the PSN roundup.
Piedmont inmates help bring
the past back to life
SALISBURY-Inmates atPiedmont
Correctional Institution are bringing the
past back alive by
helping restore
vintage fire trucks
for local fire
departments. So
far, the inmates have
completed
restorations for the
China Grove and Landis fire departments.
The inmates are students in Jerry
McGrady's auto body class, offered
through Rowan-Cabarrus Community
College. When the inmates began
1947 American LaFrance
Wake probation/parole
officers help round up offenders
RALEIGH-The U.S. Attorney's
Office and U.S. Marshals Service
working on the trucks, the trucks showed
the toll that time and duty had taken over
the years. Working diligently, the inmates
completed an exterior frame restoration
of a 1927 American LaFrance for the
China Grove Fire Department and a
complete restoration of a 1947 American
Lafrance for the Landis Fire Department.
It takes the inmates about four months to
finish one truck.
The inmates' next task is to restore a
1976 LaFrance for Person County Fire
Department, a van for the North Carolina
Red Cross and a tanker truck for the
North Carolina Forestry Service:
Warren County DCC has new digs
WARRENTON-State and local
officials celebrated the dedication of the
new Warren County Law Enforcement
Center May 25. Located on Highway
58, the center will house probation and
parole offices,the Warren County Sheriff's
Office, the magistrate's office, community
service and an emergency operations and
communications center.
TenCommunity Corrections employees
in judicial district 9B, which handles
Warren County, will work out of the
center. Located on Highway 58 just east
of Warrenton, the center's official address
is 132 Rafters Lane, Suite 101, Warren
ton, NC 27589. The telephone number
for the DCC office remains the same--
(252) 257-1309.
4 Third Quarter 2004 Correction News
2004 Probation/Parole and Community Supervision Officers of the Year
Chris Barnett isanintensiveprobation
officer in Carteret County. He is
recognizedforhisinvolvementwith Close
Watch Court, the
state's first drug
treatment court in a
non-urban area.
When fundingfor
the treatment aspect
of Craven County's
Close Watch Court
endedtwoyears ago,
Barnett helped Judge James Ragan
modify the program so that community
resources could be used to provide
services to offenders. After his transfer
to Carteret County, Barnett initiated a
new CloseWatch Court there.
Barnett also was commended for
helping defuse a potentially dangerous
domestic violence situation. In March,
whileconductinga routinecurfewcheck
on an offender in Morehead City, he
ended up assisting a neighbor whose
boyfriend had kidnapped and assaulted
her. He helped the woman escape and
then detained the boyfriend until local
policearrived.
Barnett started his career with the
department in 1995 as a surveillance
officer.
Barnett
Deana Hart is an intensive probation
officer in Nash County. She is recognized
for her willingness to go above and
beyond the call of duty.
In June 2003, Hart joined forces with
Rocky Mount police officers to arrest an
absconder. While
the officers were
handcuffing the
absconder, he
managed to escape.
Although Hart was
able to grab him,
':f j the absconder
H";rt overpowered Hart
and dragged her through a glass door,
causing injuries that ultimatelyrequired
numerous stitches and reconstructive
surgery.
Hart started community corrections
career as a probation officer in 1998, after
working for the Division of Prisons for six
years. In addition to her duties as an
intensive officer, she serves as a general
instructor, teaching courses on blood-borne
pathogens and offender/staff
relations.
Paul Hatch is a probation/parole
officer inCumberland COtU1tyI.n addition
to being an exceptional employee, Hatch
is quick to act when duty calls outside the
office.
In January, Hatch
came to the aid of a
woman whose house
was on fire. Although
the home and its
contents were
destroyed, Hatch's
quick actions helped
save several pets.
Hatch joined the Division of
Community Corrections in 1995 after six-years
in the Navy. When the sex offender
control program began in Cumberland
County in 1997, he served on the task
force that helped develop the program
and training materials. One of the original
sex offender control officers, Hatch has
distinguished himself as an expert on sex
offenders and continues to improve the
training methods and materials used in the
sex offender control program.
"Paul is a very knowledgeable
employee who demonstrates compassion
and a willingness to help others, not only
co-workers, but offenders as well," says
his supervisor Jonette Quenum. 'Through
his interactions with others, he always
considers the safety of the community
first"
Hatch
Joey King is an intensivecase officer
assigned to Mitchell County. He is
recognized for his quick thinking and
selfless action during a
crisis situation.
King was outside
the magistrate's office
at the town hall in
Spruce Pine in June
2003 when he heard
King gunshotsontheupper
floor. After realizing he was the only
officer on scene with a weapon, King
started going from room to room in the
townhall,locatingpeopleandclearingthe
building. He foundone shootingvictim,
dead in a hallway.
Moments later he found the gunman,
seated in a comer ofthe town council's
boardroom. The man raised his gun and
shot himself when he saw that Officer
King was armed. King immediately
called emergency medical services and
law enforcement,but thegunmandied at
the scene. The gunman's ex-wife, who
was believed to be his target, was hiding
behind a locked door and therefore
survivedthe incident. Investigatorscited
King's quickactionsforhelpingsaveher
life.
King joined the department in May
1998 as a probation/parole officer in
Mitchell County and was promoted to
intensivecase officerin 2003.
Tracy Parr isan intensivecaseofficer
supervising high-risk offenders on
probation in the Greensboroarea. Sheis
active in
Greensboro's
Violent Crimes
Task Force,
working closely
with prosecutors
and the Greensboro
Police Department
Parr toadviseoffenders
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Correction News Third Quarter 2004 5
2004 Probation/Parole and Community Supervision Officers of the Year
Charles Staley is a probation officer
based in Siler City. His district serves a
growingpopulation
of Spanish-speakingoffenders,
and Officer Staley
has spent much of
his time over the past
two years learning
Spanish so he can
Staley communicatebetter
with the offenderson his caseload.
Staley is now able to conduct office
visits with probationers
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that the offenders assigned to
his caseload understand the entire
probation process.
Staley joined the Department of
Correction in 1982 as a correctional
officer and worked at prisons in Hoke
of resources available to them and warn
them about the consequences of
committing violent crimes in Guilford
County. When serious crimes do occur,
the task force canvasses the local
neighborhoods, talking to residents for
possible leads.
Parr is involved in training other
probation/parole officers and has
participated in several training task forces
on new initiatives and procedures. She
has also served in several leadership roles
in the North Carolina Probation and
Parole Association.
Parr started her corrections career as
a probation officer in Wake County. She
transferred to High Point in 1991 and
Greensboro in 1996. On June I, she was
promoted to Chief Probation/Parole
Officer.
and Lee counties. He became a
surveillance officer for the Division of
Community Corrections in 1986 and a
communityprobationofficerin 1991.He
is a graduate of North Carolina State
University.
Although Joseph Tilley now works
injudicial district 17B serving Stokes and
Surry counties, he is recognized for his
work as a probation/ ~ 1 parole officer in
Forsyth County.
While working in
Forsyth County, he
helped implement an
automated case
management system,
spending countless Tilley
hours learning the new computer system
and training other officers to operate the
system. He also participated in the local
violent crimes task force and served on
the electronic house arrest response team.
Tilley's peers praise his willingness to help
other officers, to volunteer where needed
and to always strive to do the best job
possible.
"He is a total team player when it comes
to the job," says Ted East, a chief
probation/parole officer who served as
Tilley'ssupervisorinForsythCounty."He
just is an outstandingofficer."
A native of Stokes County, Tilley
graduated from Western Carolina
University in 2000. He served as an intern
in district 17B, so now he has come full
circle.
On July 5, Tilley married Mary
"Tempy" Tilley, a probation/parole
officer in Forsyth County. In his spare
time,he works on his parents' farmand
enjoyswater sports,baseball and target
shooting.
Monika White is a probation/parole
officer in Mecklenburg County. She is
being recognized for a contribution to the
department above and beyond the call
of duty and high productivity.
Prior to becoming a probation/parole
officer, White was a Community Service
Work Program district coordinator. In
January 2002, the program was moved
from the Department of Crime Control
and Public Safety to the Department of
Correction. During this transition,
Officer White volunteered to return to
the program to help train her fellow
officers in community
service policies and
procedures.
In February2003,
White again went
above and beyond
the call of duty by
volunteeringtowork
in a newly formed White
specialoperationsunitmonitoringcases
in the Mecklenburg County Superior
Court. Her supervisor, chief probation
parole officer Verdan St.Airnie, says
White met the challenge in a role that
othersshiedawayfromdue
to its typically large case
volume.
In additionto managing
her caseload, White also
volunteered to lead the
investigations for official
crime versions.The written
accounts of a crime and conviction
require in-depth research of court
documents and may also require
interviewsoflaw enforcementofficers,
witnessesandvictims.
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DCC
Spotlight on
,JudicialDistrict 14
JUDICIAL DISTRICT
MANAGER
Billie Jo Atkins has
served as judicial district
manager for Durham
County since 2003. The
Fayetteville native be-lieves
in a comprehensive
strategy that involves local law enforcement, community
resources and citizen participation.
"In order for an offender to succeed, it is important
that we have the support ofthe whole criminialjustice
system in Durham," says Atkins. "Collaboration is very
important, along with open lines of communication."
Meanwhile, Brenda Mills, an office assistant IV, has
been with DCC for four years. "I couldn't exist without
her," adds Atkins. "If! need something done and need it
done right, I go to Brenda."
OFFICERS/
STAFF
Left to right: PPOI
Tonshea Tillery,
PPOII Ryan Blount,
office assistant Terri
Cope and PPOI
Natasha Downey.
Tillery and Downey
are specialized offic-ers,
supervising of-fenders
convicted of
cases involving do-mestic
violence.
They work very closely with the CHANGE, a program that
provides treatment for domestic violence offenders in
Durham. Durham County has more than 200 offenders
whose crimes involved domestic violence.
Above, left to right: chief
probation/parole officers
Celeste Kelly, Edward
Conner, Tim Schultz and
Anna Foy. At left:
Theron Dennis, assistant
judicial manager.
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CHIEF PROBATION/PAROLE OFFICERS
Durham County DCC has six chief probation and parole officers:
Celeste Kelly, Edward Conner, Tim Shultz, Anna Foy, Hallie Furlow
and Theron Dennis. In addition to his duties as a chiefPPO, Dennis
also serves as assistant judicial district manager. Foy heads up judi-cial
services, while Kelly, Conner and Furlow supervise field ser-vices
units. Dennis and Schultz each supervise one ofthe district's
two special operations teams.
Shultz's special ops unit consists of two officers who supervise
offenders ordered to attend day reporting centers; one officer who
supervises offenders leaving prison on parole or post-release supervi-sion;
two officers who monitor offenders on electronic house arrest;
one officer that supervises offenders affiliated with gangs; one of-ficer
that supervises offenders participating for the Going Home Ini-tiative;
and one community school partnership officer that supervises
offenders attending Durham public schools.
Dennis' special ops unit, on the other hand, consists of two sex
offender officers, one intensive team and two TROSA officers.
TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers) is a
two-year residential program located in Durham that helps people
with substance abuse problems change their lives. Approximately 120
Durham County offenders participate in TROSA.
Correction News Third Quarter 2004 7
SPECIALIZED OFFICERS
IDurham probation/parole officers have
a number of roles in the crirninaljustice
J I process.Front,left-right:ChristieLong,
who works with offenders participat-ing
in Going Home and also acts as an
intermediate school partnership
officer;Yolanda Woodhouse, who
works with offenders sentenced to drug
treatment court; Kristi Burden, office
assistant; and Sharon Mardis, who
works with TROSA participants. Back
I row: Clark Atkins, who handles inten-sive
sex offenders and day reporting
center offenders; and Roscoe Hager, who supervises sex offenders.
JUDICIAL SERVICES
1 I ~- The judicial services staff members
.~'_~ ;:. ~ pr~cess court cases? sen:e as liai~ons
~ - ~ I with the courts, wnte cnme versIOns ~:4
~
and handle transfers and community
. service. "They play a vital role be-
, cause they are the first people to have
contact with the offender." says
Atkins. "They set the bar for the
offender's future interaction in the
system." With more than 1,500 pro-bation/
parole entries inDurham County
every year, the staff keeps busy.
Front, l-r: Chris Gladnet, Rashawn
Urguhart and Debra Breeden. Back: Jan
Williams and William Bridges.
OFFICERS: Officers Mike Gould
(left), Starr Taybron (center) and
Calvin Mizzell are an important part
of the DCC team. In addition to his
duties as an officer, Gould works as
a liaison with the Durham Police De-partment
regarding immigration and
other homeland security issues.
Meanwhile, Taybron works as a
community schoolpartnership officer
and Mizzell is a field services officer.
MORE OFFICERS: PPOs
Kenya Huger and Tracy Johnson;
ISO Denise Pituk; and PPOs
Frank Shipp and Terri Dixon.
Dixon works in judicial services,
while the others work in field ser-vices.
When this photo was
taken, they were taking a CPR
class at Durham Technical Col-lege.
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FIELD SERVICES
Ron Taylor, Hallie Furlow and Wayne
Johnson are part of the field services team
located on Orange Street in Durham. Tay-lor
is an intensive surveillance officer,
Furlow is a chief probation/parole officer
and Johnson is a probation/parole officer.
DOUBLE DUTY OFFICER
Timothy Price is an interme-diate
officer who handles
offenders who that commit-ted
sex offenses. As a
member of the National
Guard, Price served on ac-tive
duty in Operation En-during
Freedom. He has since retired from
the National Guard after 25 years.
TASC
Cecilia Faucette-Ray and Ebony Snead are case
managers for Treatment Ac-countability
for Safer
Communitites (TASC). Because
the TASC managers are housed
in the same building with DCC of-ficers,
it is a lot easier to provide
substance abuse services to of-fenders.
"The officer can just Faucette-Ray
walk the offender to the TASC case manager to
set up appointments," says Atkins. "Since the of-fender
is already here to visit the office, it's like
one-stop shopping for the offenders."
TASC provides an array of services designed to
help offenders with substance
abuse issues and/or mental illness
and to avoid duplication of limited
resources. Services include screen-ing,
clinical assessment, treatment
matching, referral and care man-agement.
..
Snead
8 Third Quarter 2004 Correction News
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Lattie Baker takes new role at
AIcohollDrug Council
RALEIGH-After 32yearsof service
to the Department of Correction, Lattie
Baker has decided to accept a new
challenge. He spent his last day at the
department July 30, and began his new
job as executive director of theAlcohol!
DrugCouncilof North CarolinaonAug.
1. The council promotes recovery and
addiction through education and
advocacy.
Bakerjoined the department in 1972,
where he first worked with youth at
Central Prison. He moved up the ranks,
eventuallyservingas
manager of youth
command for the
Division of Prisons
and later assistant
secretary for
programs and
development. In
Baker 1987,hewasn~ed
assistant secretary for alcohol and
chemical dependency programs, a post
he has held for the last 17years.
Baker looksforwardto the challenges
of his newposition,but he knows he will
misscertainthingsabouthissecondhome
for the last 32 years. "I especially will
miss the people, because in corrections,
there is this feeling of family and
cohesiveness that I don't see in other
organizations," he says. "But working with
the Alcohol/Drug Council is an
opportunity for me to continue the work I
was doing with the department on a larger,
statewide level."
A native of Willow Springs, Baker is a
graduate of SaintAugustine's College. He
and his wife, Hoyie, have four children and
live in Raleigh. He is very active in his
church, where he serves as a deacon.
MANAGEMENT IN MOTION
Oxendine named JDM in Forsyth County
WINSTON-SALEM-Secretary Although the new position takes
Theodis Beck has named Chris Oxendine Oxendine away ftom Guilford County for
as the judicial district manager for the Di- the first time in his career with the de-vision
of Community Corrections injudi- partment, Oxendine is ready for action.
cial district 21, effective July 1, 2004. As "I am looking forward to facing the chal-judicial
district manager, Oxendine is re- lenges in a new role as manager," he says.
tsipoonnssibolpefeorractoiomnms uninityFcootrrseyCt-h ·I I t"hPelusst,afIf ianlrFeaodrysytkhnCowounatlyoat nodf
County. Iam looking forwardto work-
Oxendinejoined theDepart- ingwiththem."
ment of Correction as a proba- Prior to joining the depart-tion/
parole officer in Guilford ment, Oxendine served in the
County in 1991. He worked U.S. Marines and worked as a
his way through the ranks, be- counselor with the Division of
coming an intensive officer in Youth Services. A native of
1995,a chiefprobation/parole Oxendine RobesonCounty,he graduated
officerin 1997andassistantjudicialman- ITomPembrokeStateUniversityin 1991
ager for judicial district 18 (Guilford with a degree inpsychology.
County) in 2000. In 1999,he wasnamed When he is not busy at work,
one of 16 officers of the years selected Oxendinespendshis timegolfing,horse-from
the more than 11,500correctional backridingandspendingtimewithhis 10-
officers and probation, parole and com- year-old twin sons. He is a member of
munitysupervisionofficersthatworkedfor Cher~kee Chapel Church in R,obeson
the departmentat that time. County.
Bennett taps John Blalock as chief of security
RALEIGH-Director of Prisons superintendent and superintendent at
Boyd Bennett has named John Blalock Granville Correctional Center,assistant
chief of security for the North Carolina managerof theDivisionof Prisonsyouth
Divisionof Prisons. As chiefof security, command and special assistant to the
Blalock is responsible for director of prisons.
securityoversightofthe state's A native of Warrenton,
76 prisons and for security BlalockgraduatedITomJohn
policy and procedure Graham High School in
development. Warrenton and received a
For the past four years, criminaljustice degree from
Blalock has served as the WIlsonTechnicalInstitute.He
assistantchief of security. His L - currentlyis servinghissecond
career began in 1975 as a Blalock - term as a Warrenton town
correctional officer at Warren commissioner.
Correctional Center. He also has served Blalock'sappointmentiseffectiveJuly
as a program supervisor at Franklin 1. He replaces Charles Stewart who
Correctional Center, assistant retired June 1.
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Correction News Third Quarter 2004 9
MANAGEMENT IN MOTION
Larry Pierce ready to kick back
REIDSVILLE-Larry Pierce has
moved on to greener pastures. He
retired asjudicial district manager for
district 17A in Rockingham County
effective July 1.
Pierce began his career in community
corrections in 1975 as a probation
officer in Eden. He later became an
intensive officer and was a chief
probation/parole officer for six years
before being promoted tojudicial district
manager in October 2000.
Pierce has no definitive retirement
plans. His immediate plans are to do a
little traveling, work around the house
and do the things he didn't have time to
do before. He also is considering
working part time after he has enjoyed his
fTeedomfor a little while.
Although he is excited about his
retirement, Pierce says there is one thing
he definitelywill miss about the department
"I'll miss the people that I have worked
with," he says. "When you spend eight
hours a day with the same people, you
get to know them pretty well."
A western North Carolina native,
Pierce graduated fTom East Tennessee
State University in 1972 with a bachelor
of science degree in criminal justice. He
and his wife, who have three adult children,
now reside in Wentworth. When he's
not working, Pierce likes to fish, travel and
attend football games.
George Aldridge picks up where Pierce left off
REIDSVlLLE-Secretary Theodis Aldridgeislookingforwardtoworking
BeckhasnamedGeorgeAldridgeas the inRockinghamCounty. "I've got toleam
judicialdistrictmanagerfortheDivision a lot because every district does things a
of Community Corr~ctions injudicial littlebitdifferently,"hesays".Butl'IIlgoing
district 17A, effective July 1. As to try andmake RockinghamCountythe
manager,AldridgereplacesLarryPierce best it can be as far as the Division of
and will oversee all community Community Corrections is concerned. I
correctionsinRockinghamCounty. hopetobuildonthestrengthsand improve
Aldridge began his career with the on the weaknesses."
Department of Correction as a Aldridgeis a nativeofCaswellCounty,
probation/parole officer in Caswell where he continuesto live. He graduated
County in October 1983. Hemoved to fTomthe Universityof North Carolina in
Alamance Countyin 1994to become a 1980with a bachelorof sciencedegreein
chiefprobation/paroleofficerindistrict businessadministration.In hissparetime,
15A. he enjoyscampingand fishing.
Virginia Price to serve as interim chief ofDACDP
RALEIGH-Virginia Price,who cur- Bakerisnamed,Pricewilloverseeallpro-rently
serves as special assistant to the gramsand initiativesinvolvingsubstance
secretary, has been named the interim abuse programs and initiatives operated
assistantsecretaryfortheDivisionofAl- by the division. A27- year veteran of the
cohol and Chemical Dependency Pro- department, Price also will continue to
gramsfollowingtheretirementofLattie handle the department's federal grants
Baker. Until a permanent successor to programwhilesheservestheinterimchief
Strader to oversee CJPP
in second judicial division
SMITHFIELD-Division of
Community Corrections Director Robert
Lee Guy has named Conrad Strader as
the Criminal Justice Partnership Program
(CJPP) coordinator in the Second Judicial
Division. Operating fTom Smithfield,
Straderwill oversee ~
the CJPP in the..
participatingcounties
in the secondjudicial
division, which
includes 11judicial
districts in the central
part of the state.
A Harnett County Strader
resident, Strader has
been the chief probation/parole officer for
that county for nearly ten years. Prior to
that he was a parole officer with the Pre-
Release Aftercare program, a house arrest
officer and an intensive probation officer.
Strader also has been the chairman of the
board that oversees CJPP in Harnett
County for nine years and he recently
served on the committee making
recommendations to the county about the
construction of a new county jail.
Strader is looking forward to getting
started in his new role. "I'm excited
because I feel that providing education and
substance treatment programs are
imperativeto helpingoffenderssucceed,"
he said. "CJPP gives the counties and
citizensa voiceinhowtheywantto spend
the funding allocated towards helping
offenders."
A native of Rockingham County,
Stradergraduated fromWentworthHigh
School in 1974. He holds a bachelor's
degree inpolitical scienceand sociology
from the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro.
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10 Third Quarter 2004 Correction News
Movill ' Oil Up j\i/ovill' on Up
NAME
Ann Abbott
Robert Adams
TonyaAlexander
Teresa Alexander
Betty Amason
Thomas Asbell II
Dwayne Baker
Constance Baker
Donald Barnes
Susan Barton
Bonna Bawden
Michael Belas
WilliamBell II
Erica Bell
John Bivins
Albert Boca
James Brandon
Alvin Breeden
VickiBriggs
Nora Brinson
David Brown
Kyle Brown
Lisa Brown
Charles Bryant
Angela Bryant-Sims
Joan Buffkin
Richard Burkhart
Michael Burnette
VIrginiaButler
Joe Cagle
Anke Cahoon
Elizabeth Cameron
Johnnie Carswell Jr.
Alan Caviness
Myra Chambers
Nancy Cheeks
Jean Clark
WilliamColey
James Collins
Carolyn Collins
James Cotton
Frank Cox Jr.
Sherri Creighton
Robert D. White
Joseph Davis
Gary Denobrega
Esmaralda Diomande
Frederick Duncan
Michael Earley
David Edwards
WllliamEllis
Kenneth Ellis
Dennis Ellis
Lewis Ferguson
Sarah Fisher
NEW TITLE LOCATION
Asst Corr Supt N. Piedmont CCW
Steam Plant Supv II Central Prison
Corr Case Analyst Piedmont CI
Personnel Analyst EEO
Social Worker II Albemarle CI
Asst Supt Hyde CI
Corr Prog Supv WakeCC
Pers Asst IV WakeCC
PPO I Tr Dist 13
Personnel Asst V Hoke CI
Sentence Audit Tech II Com Records
PPO II Dist 25A
PIPUnit Supv III District 27A
CO Trainee McCain CH
PPO II Dist 22
Corr Sergeant Pasquotank CI
Sergeant CaswellCC
PPO I Tr Dist 16A
Internal Auditor I Internal Audit
Nurse (RN) Lead NCCIW
Corr Train Coord I SCRO
Corr Prog Supv PolkVI
Personnel Tech II Raleigh RO
Corr Progs Supv McCain CH
Corr Unit Mgr Pasquotank CI
Med Rec Mgr III DOP
Appl Analyst Prog I Res and Planning
Corr Training Inst Piedmont RO
Nurse (RN) Lead Lumberton CI
Corr Train Instructor II OSDT
Sergeant Hyde CI
Nurse (RN) Lead Sanford CC
Corr Trng Spec II Western YI
Sergeant Randolph CC
Office Asst IV Charlotte CC
PPOIl Dist21
PPO II District 21
Sergeant Nash CI
CE Supv III CE-Sign Plant
PPO II Dist 13
Corr Sergeant Neuse CI
Lead Corr Officer Caswell CC
Info Proc Tech DCC-EHA
Sergeant Lumberton CI
Food Serv Mgr I Lincoln CC
Corr Prog Dir I Columbus CI
Proc Asst V DCC-EHA
Sergeant Scotland CI
Sergeant New HanoverCC
Lead Corr Officer Franklin CC
Corr Prog Dir I Rowan CC
Sergeant Eastern CI
Sergeant Central Prison
Asst Unit Mgr Scotland CI
Admin Secretary I Albemarle CI
NAME NEW TITLE
Anthony Florence Asst Supt
Demeatria Forte Lieutenant
Clint Fowler Acct Tech II
VanFranklin Se~eant
Traccey Freeman PIPInten Case Off
Steve Futrell Lieutenant
Jack Gaskins III PIPSurv Officer
Brian Gates PIPUnit Supv III
Dexter Gibbs Corr Prog Supv
John Godfrey Corr Prog Dir I
Archie Gordon Food Serv Mgr II
Michael Greene Sergeant
Rebecca Gresham Personnel Analyst
Thomas Groome Sergeant
Joann Gustkey Nurse (RN) Lead
Gene Guthrie PPOII
David Gwyn Food Serv Mgr
Rooksie Hager Med Rec Asst
Timothy Hamilton Food Serv Mgr
Linda Harrell Lead Corr Officer
Denise Harris Pers Tech I
Enoch Hasberry III Corr Prog Dir I
Frederick Hayes Sergeant
WilliamHerring Sergeant
Roderick Herring Sergeant
David Hines PPO II
Barbara Hinson Nurse (RN) Supv I
Wilton Hollingsworth Jr. Lieutenant
Stanley Hubbard PIPSurv Officer
Edward Hughes Jr. PPOII
Katie Inman Corr Admin Tech
David Jenkins Sergeant
William Johnson Elec Tech III
Deborah Jones Lieutenant
Michelle Keith Inst ClassifCoord
Timothy Kerley Asst Supt
Phillip Kirby Social Worker II
Darwin Kutsche Main Mech IV
Benny Langdon Hosp Serv Admin II
Roy Laughrun Corr Prog Supv
Daryl Lawrence Lieutenant
Jamie Lawson PPOII
Eula Leak Sub Abuse Coun II
Alton Leonard Jr. Maint Mech V
Jeffrey Levine Appl Anal Prog Spec
Adrian Lewis Sergeant
Judy Lovin Nurse (RN) Lead
William Lucas Health Treat Admin
Annette Lynn Food Serv Mgr IV
Rhonda Matthews Admin Serv Asst V
David May Jr. Sergeant
Lisa McCall PPO I Trainee
Judith McCall Sub Abuse Couns II
Debora McKinney Office Asst IV
Susan McKinney Sergeant
LOCATION
Carteret CC
NCCIW
Lumberton CI
Craggy CC
District 26
Pamlico CI
District 15B
Dist 21
Marion CI
Sanford CC
Hoke CI
Albemarle CI
Personnel
Fountain CCW
Pasquotank CI
District 3B
Foothills CI
PolkVI
Eastern CI
Southern CI
Marion CI
Carteret CC
Nash CI
Johnston CI
Wayne CC
Dist 22
Southern CI
CP
Dist 27B
Dist 20B
Piedmont CI
Southern CI
West Reg MY
Morrison YI
Western YI
Catawba CC
DOP
DACDP
Central Prison
Avery/Mitchell CI
CP
District 21
Morrison CI
CE-Sign Plant
IMS
PolkVI
Scotland CI
McCain CH
NCCIW
Forsyth CC
Greene CI
District 9B
RowanCC
Craggy CC
Alexander CI
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Correction News Third Quarter 2004 11
Mov;Il' Oil Up iWov;Il' 0/1 Up
NAME
Tony McKinnon
Dorothy McLean
John McNeill
Stephanie Miller
Tanuny Milligan
David Millis
Tracy Minor
Jesse Mitchell
Ronald Mitchell
Richard Monroe
Patricia Moody
Julie Morris
Kathy Moseley
Annette Newman
Kristie Noah
Joseph Norris
Gina Oakes
Laura Oakley
David Odell
Dessie Outlaw
VanParamore
Richard Pardue
James Parker
Henry Parks
Gary Parks
Chad Parks
Tracy Parr
Amanda Pence
Laura Phillips
April Pigg
Donna Pinela
Robert Pope
Richard Potter
Billie Pumsley
Cassandra Ragler
William Raines
Hubert Ray Jr.
Randy Register
Richard Rhye
Randy Rising
Dennis Rivers Sr.
Luann Roberts
Charles Robinson
Horace Ross
Mary Ross
Vicki Russell
Tiffany Sanders
Troy Scott
James Sellers
Patricia Sessoms
Reggie Sexton
William Sharpe Jr.
Heidi Shaulis
Scott Shell
Robin Shelton
NEW TITLE LOCATION
PPOIl Dist21
Sergeant Lanesboro CI
Captain Morrison CI
Nurse Lead Alexander CI
Corr Case Mgr Western YI
Sergeant Parnlico CI
Sergeant Central Prison
Corr Enter Mgr IV CE
Sergeant PolkYI
Captain Central Prison
Personnel Asst IV Wayne CC
Food Serv Mgr I Anson CC
Personnel Asst IV DCC
PPO II District 17B
Sergeant Southern CI
Corr Training Spec II Harnett CI
Lieutenant PolkYI
Personnel Tech I Personnel
Sergeant Cabarrus CC
PPO II Dist 6B
PIP Inten Case Off Dist 2
Sergeant Cabarrus CC
Jud Dist Mgr Dist 3B
Sub Abuse Couns II DWI Program
Admin Officer I WakeCC
PPOII District 19B
PPO Unit Supv III District 18
PPOIl Dist 10
PPO II Dist 11
Nurse (RN) Lead McCain CH
Sergeant Piedmont CI
Electrician II Alexander CI
Corr Prog Dir I Wayne CC
PPOII Dist 2
Sergeant Central Prison
Maint Mech V Engineering
Sergeant Harnett CI
Asst Supt Bladen CC
Sub Abuse Couns II Morrison CI
Prog Supv Columbus CI
PIPInten Case Off District 19C
Admin Serv Asst V Raleigh CCW
Sergeant Foothills CI
Corr Food Serv Mgr I Morrison YI
Fingerpt ID Search Sup DOP
Personnel Asst V Central Prison
PPO I Trainee District 10
Corr Enter Supv III CE-Duplicating
PPO I Trainee District 19B
Lieutenant Central Prison
PPO II Dist 10
Corr Unit Mgr Pasquotank CI
Acct ClerkV DOP
Corr Asst Unit Mgr Avery/Mitchell CI
Sergeant Central Prison
NAME NEW TITLE LOCATION
Stephanie Shipe Corr Health Asst II Mt. ViewCI
Wanda Sides Corr Prog Supv Albemarle CI
Patsy Simpson Proc Asst IV Foothills CI
WilliamSinclair PPOII District 26
Byron Singleton Maint Mech IV Scotland CI
Thomas Smith Jr. Corr Trng Spec II Lumberton CI
Russell Smith CE Supv II CE-Sign Plant
David Smith PIPUnit Supv III Dist 17B
Robert South III Sergeant Wayne CI
Mildred Spearman Policy Analyst Administration
Carla Speed Corr Case Mgr PolkYI
Hilda Spivey Corr Trng Coord II OSDT
George Stamey Train Coord I Western RO
James Stephens PPOII Dist 26
James Stroud Corr Trng Instructor OSDT
Jane Suggs Admin Serv Mgr Pasquotank CI
Johnny Sutton Sergeant Franklin CC
Ghislane Thompson Sub Abuse Couns I DART-Fountain
Gregory Tillman Asst Supt Davidson CC
Randall Turner Asst Supt Sanford CC
Sharon Upchurch Info Proc Tech DCC
Luis Valle Food Serv Mgr I McCain CH
Robert Van Gorder Captain Sampson CI
John Vanwyck Sub Abuse Couns DART-Pender
George Vaughn Rehab Therapy Coord Alexander CI
Willie Vinson Corr Prog Dir I Odom CI
Larry Walker Lead Corr Officer Caswell CC
Elmina Walker Admin Asst I DOP
Garrick Walker PIPUnit Supv III Dist 14
Bennie Ward Lead Corr Officer Wayne CC
Donna Ward Nurse (RN) Supv I Eastern CI
Larry Warren Jr. Corr Prog Supv . Piedmont CI
Sylvia Warren PPO II District 19C
James Warren Sergeant Sampson CI
Gloria Washington Corr Progs Supv Western YI
Dia Watson-Harrison Info Proc Tech Purchasing
Thomas Waxter Jr. Corr Progs Dir I Western YI
Neal Whitaker Sergeant Craggy CC
Clifton White PIPInten Case Off Dist 14
Angelo Wiggins Lieutenant Nash CI
Anthony Wilde Lead Corr Officer Craggy CC
James Williams Jr. Sergeant PolkYI
Chaka Williams PPO I Tr Dist 6A
Deerica Williams PPO I Tr Dist 20B
Donna Williamson Asst Supt Sampson CI
Terry Williamson Corr Prog Supv Alexander CI
Sherly Willoughby Captain Southern CI
Cathy Wilson Sergeant Foothills CI
Rita Woods Lieutenant Tyrrell PWF
Edward Worsford Sergeant PolkYI
David Worsley PPOITr Dist 7
Frances Wright Admin Officer Odom CI
BenjaminYearick PIPUnit Supv III Dist 3B
Ronald Young Corr Enter Dir I CE
Alicia Zephir Comm Serv Dist Coord CSWP
12 Third Quarter 2004 Correction News
Inmates help local shelters give dogs a new leash on life
At left, Burry's trainer
prepares to say goodbye,
and later helps her get
used to her new owner,
Dana Bridges. At right,
Chance models the lat-est
in graduation attire.
MARION-When Max, Buffy and
Pepper arrived at Marion Correctional
Institution's minimum security unit, they
were unadoptable
dogs - the ones
that had been
repeatedly passed
over in the shelter,
the pets that no
one wanted.
When they left
Marion on July 7
with excited new
owners, they
were greatly Jaspersmiles for the camera.
changed dogs. They left with a new owner.
attitude,a mendly and lovingdemeanor and The story was similar for Max and
newfound obedience. Pepper nom the McDowell shelter. Jasper
Max, Buffy and Pepper were among and Chance, were rescued from the
the first five dogs to complete the New Asheville Humane Society shelter and
Leash on Life program, a pilot partnership trained at Black Mountain Correctional
between state prisons and local animal Center for Women.
welfare agencies to turn unwanted dogs While dogs are
into adoptable pets. transformed in the
Buffy arrived at the McDowell County program, the inmates are
animal shelter after she was found in an changed too. The trainers
old barn with her litter of pups. Her puppies
were quickly adopted, but Buffy wasn't
so lucky. After a long stay in the shelter,
she. was spared euthanasia an.d sent to
prison to be partnered with inmate Bruce
Corpening. For eight weeks, Corpening
worked with Buffy,teaching her to sit, stay
and heel, and turning her into a remarkably
obedient and well-mannered dog.
Dana Bridges saw Buffy's photo in the
McDowell county newspaper and fell in
love. "I just knew I had to have her," said
Bridges, who works as a training specialist
for the Division of Prisons in Raleigh. She
sent her
application to the
animal shelter,
along with an
essay describing
what Buffy's life
would be like ifshe
were allowed to
adopt her. A few
weeks later, the
she was selected
to be Buffy's new
f-.~...
are given responsibilityand in turn gain self-esteem.
They're left with a sense of pride
and accomplishment, as well as new skills.
There's even a change in the prison
environment with the dogs around.
"We've seen a big decline in
disciplinaries," said Victoria Justice,
superintendent at Black Mountain.
"There's less stress, and in a female
environment, that's saying a lot."
"When we get to a certain age, we don't
believe in miracles anymore," said Tom
Sobol, of the Mimi Paige foundation, an
Asheville animal rescue organization. "But
this program is all about miracles."
Five new dogs arrived to replace the
first canine graduates, who have gone
home with new owners. Sparky and
Sydney are the new dogs on campus at
Black Mountain. Lucy, Simon and Belle
squirmed and fought fiercely as they were
brought into the room
at Marion to meet their
trainers. In a few
weeks, they'll be
changed dogs too.
Puppies Assisting with Sight (PAWS) takes next step
McCAIN-Nearly 15 months ago, joint effort between the Department of office in Florida for six months of
six Labrador Retriever puppies became Correction and Southeastern Guide Dogs, additional training. After training is
the newest inmates at McCain Inc. to train guide dogs for the blind. complete, the dogs will be assigned to
Correctional Hospital. On June II, the Southeastern provided the dogs and act as guides for the blind. Meanwhile,
puppies became the first graduates of training for the inmates, while the the inmates are busy training a new crop
Puppies Assisting with Sight (PAWS), a department provided inmates eager to of puppies that arrived in mid-June.
teach basic obedience, "One of the really great things about
house training and this program is that there is such a
socialization to the future significant return on such a small
guide dogs. The dogs investment," said Secretary Beck. "This
now have returned to truly is a win-win situation for everybody
Southeastern's home involved."
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Correction News Third Quarter 2004 13
TAN celebrates
four years of success
GARNER-The Transition Aftercare
Network (TAN) marked its fourth
anniversary with a statewide celebration
held at Capital Church in Gamer July 15.
The faith-based
transition and re-entry
program recruits and
trains volunteer
mentors, matchingthem
with ex-inmates to
provide assistance and
support after release
from prison.
TAN began in July
2000, when Chaplain James Prince
gathered representatives from several
faith-based prison ministries to hear a
presentation about matching JobStart
graduates with volunteer mentors after
release. The meeting inspired Prince to
believe that volunteers from existing prison
ministries could be trained to serve as those
mentors and the idea for TAN was born.
"Four years ago, 20 people stepped out
on faith," said Secretary Theodis Beck as
he addressed the gathering. "Now nothing
is impossible."
Under the program's current
coordinator, Chaplain Melvin Solomon,
TAN is moving toward its goal of having
trained volunteers in every North Carolina
county. Almost 1,200 volunteers already
are in place in 65 counties. By the end of
this year, TAN expects to have provided
assistance to 450 ex-inmates and 900 by
the end of2005. Other initiatives include
translating materials into Spanish and the
formation of a new partnership with the
Employment Security Commission in
Cumberland County.
"We are very satisfied that TAN is
moving in the right direction, but we need
to move a little faster," says Solomon. "I
encourage churches and individuals to get
involved in TAN so that we have more
volunteers, assist more offenders and really
make an impact on recidivism."
If you would like more information
about TAN, contact Chaplain Solomon at
(919) 838-4000.
Solomon
DOP welcomes 22 new chaplains
RALEIGH-The Division of Prisons aftinned 22 new prison chaplains July 27
during a ceremony at North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women. The
new chaplains have completed their orientation and are serving as chaplains at
prisons across the state. The newest chaplains are:
Gloria Aghogah
Katherine Allen
Gary Bauer
Patricia Byers
Christina Condit
Charles Cottemond
Ingrid Hackett
Joseph Johnson
James Joseph
Gary Lambert
Gregory McClain
Martin Menhinick
Louis Moore
Harlan Moss
Bob Opdyke
Pearl Ray
Daniel Redding
Arlester Simpson
Berry Taylor II
Patricia Thomas
Harold Timberlake
Blair Yager
NCCIW
Avery-Mitchell CI
Columbus CI
Cleveland CC
Mountain View CI
Pasquotank CI
Forsyth CC
Odom CI
Pender CI
Foothills CI
Harnett CI
Marion CI
Brown Creek CI
Pamlico CI
Craven CI
N. Piedmont CCW
Alexander CI
Southern CI
Pasquotank CI
Pender CI
Polk YI
Tyrrell PWF
Rev. Linda Harris, vice-chair of the North Carolina Advisory Committee on
Religious Ministry in prisons, addresses twenty-two new prison chaplains
who were affirmed July 27 in a service at the North Carolina Correctional
Institution for Women. The new chaplains have completed their orientation
and now serve offenders at prisons across the state.
14 Third Quarter 2004 Correction News
Probation officer has a little something extra
FAYETTEVILLE-Surveillance
officerJamie Brunsonhas a face that
peoplerecognize. Maybetheyhave seen
him working his full-time job as a
surveillance officer in Cwnberland COtmty.
Or maybe-just maybe, they have seen
him on the big screen.
Brunson has been an extra or a stand-in
18 times in motion pictures, television
movies and the television show "Dawson's
Creek." The Fayetteville native worked
withJohn Travoltawhile filming''Domestic
Disturbance" and he spent all day on a
ferry boat with Bruce Willis during the
filming of "The Jackal." He has fond
memories of working with Freddie Prinze
Jr.,Vmce Vaughan and James Woods, and
was especially impressed with the way
Danny Glover stayed outside in the rain
with all the extras during the filming of the
television movie "Freedom Song."
"I've enjoyed everything I've worked
on," said Brunson. "A majority of the
actors don't treat you any different than
anybody else. Most were very nice and
mendly."
From the Archives
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Many people recognized the photo in the
Second Quarter 2004 edition of CorrectionNews.
Here is a little bit of the feedback about the
photo, but ifyou have additionalinformation
about the photo, please e-mail us at
smr22@doc.state.nc.us.
I can offer a little help on the picture. This
photo is of the old D.O.C. Rescue Squad used
at Caledonia Correctional Institution until the
early 1990's. The persons in the photo I can
identify two of them. Second from the right is
Luther Whitaker (retired) and 3rd from right is
Sandy Johnson (retired); both of these staff
were CHA'sat Caledonia.
Working as an extra has had Brunson
performing a variety of roles such as
driving a truck in one movie scene to
taking pictures of people sitting on a
donkey at a carnival. He's also been in
the background as a police officer, a
detective and a blood donor.
When asked if he had any
pictures ofhimselfwith any of the
actors, Brunson said, "I've saved
a number of scripts and some
other small trinkets from the
movies, but that's about it." He
added, "I've eaten meals with
many of them, but I found that if
you treated them like an ordinary
person you got along with them a lot better
than if you treated them like a star."
Brunson says he's been offered many
opportunities to take acting more seriously,
but his family and his job as an officer are
his top priorities. He is taking a briefhiatus
from his "extra" work to spend more time
with his one-year-old daughter Jaime.
The 39-year-old also graduated summa
cum laude with a degree in criminal justice
You may wanna contact Mr. Lee,
Administrator hereat the facility,who can most
likely identify all of them for you. Hope this
helps.
w.L. Moseley, correctional unit manager
Caledoniaa
I do not know who the people are in the
picture, but the location is Caledonia CI.
Daniel Reagan
Engineering
The picture was taken in front of Caledonia,
maybe late 1970s early 1980s. Left to right. K.
Hamm, D. Phipps, S.Johnson, L.Whitaker, the
gentleman to the far right, was the P.A , can't
remember his name. I think the 1st one at
Caledonia. I started my career at Caledonia in
1975, transferred to adorn in 1990.
Correction--the 2nd from left is D. Fitts, and
the P.A.was Palepinto, not sure about the spell-ing.
Michael Norwood
Odoma
Think I can identify all staff in your article
"The Past in Pictures." They are as follows from
left to right: Keith Hamm, correctional officer;
David Fitts, correctional officer; Sandy Johnson,
from Methodist College in May. With a
3.95 grade point average, he received the
Outstanding Criminal Justice Scholar
Award, which is presented to a criminal
justice junior or senior in recognition of
outstanding academic achievement and
scholarly writing.
Brunson has been with
Community Corrections fornine
years and believes he has the
best job in the department.
When he's not doing curfew
checks on offenders or tracking
down absconders, he serves as
Brunson an in-service training instructor.
He teaches firearms, pepper spray use,
search and seizure and unlawful
workplace harassment.
"I work with a lot of good people and
I really enjoy teaching," said Brunson. "I
may get back into the movies later when
my daughter grows up and I may even
encourage her to get into it, but only for
fim. In the meantime, I will focus on being
an officer and a dad."
Writtenby Pamela Walker
CHA; Luther Whitaker, CHA; . Ed Panapinto,
physician extender.The picture was taken in
front of Caledonia Correctional Institution.
Caledonia, in those days, had self contained
ambulance as well as a fire brigade with its own
fire truck. This picture was probably sometime
during the late 70s.
Randy Lee, superintendent
Caledonia a
This photo was taken in front of Caledonia
Correctinal Institution after the purchase of an
ambulance, probably in the late 1970's. The
medical staff from left to right are CHOs Sandy
Johnson and Luther Whitaker. On he far right
is Ed Penepinto who was a physician's extender,
which we now refer to as a PA. The correctional
staff on the left are Keith Hamm who is now
with Enterprise and I am no sure who the other
is.
I am the assistant superintendent for
programs at Odom and started my career at
Caledonia. The photo is likely late 70s or early
80s. someone at caledonia might could identify
the other correctional officer. i was working at
that time as a derk in the medical department
so the medical staff i am very familiar with.
Alma Hux, assistant superintendent
Odoma
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Deborah Blount, an administrative as-sistant
in personnel, served as a delegate
at the North Carolina Democratic State
Convention on June 29, 2004. Atthe
convention, delegates elected statewide
delegates for the national convention
and Democratic presidential electors for
the Nov. 2 general election.
Vernon Byant,judicial district manager
in district 6A representing Halifax
County, coached the Halifax Electric
Dream Team to a gold medal at the State
Games of North Carolina June 25-27.
The team is comprised of youth 16-18
that live in Halifax and Northhamption
counties. Bryant has coached the team
for more than 10 years and uses the
team as an opportunity to mentor youth,
emphasizing strong academic perfor-mance
and positive life skills.
Earl Echard, a physician's assistant at
Polk Youth Institution, was named the
Outstanding Physician Assistant of the
Year May 31 by the American Acad-emy
of Physician Assistants. The acad-emy
recognized Echard for his dedica-tion
and years of service. He has served
the Department of Correction since
1979.
Mary H. Johnson, a social research
assistant with the administrative services
section for the Division of Community
Corrections, was recently inducted into
the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor
Society in recognition of her academic
excellence. Ms. Johnson is studying
criminal justice atWake Technical Com-munity
College.
Virginia Price, special assistant to the
secretary currently serving as interim
assistant secretary, has been elected to
the advisory council for. the National
CriminalJusticeAssociation.NCJArep-resents
the interests of state and local
government organizations regarding
crimepreventionand crimecontrol.
Retirements
(30 Years or More)
Bernadette Atencio
Pamela Basinger
Johnnie Bryant
Lawrence Dunstan
Brenda Evans
Betsy Frazier
Deaths
Fentress Bryant III
Harry Suddreth Jr.
Livis Freeman
Mickey Hobson
Michael Hoyng
Clifton Livingston
Maynard Proctor
Paul Reep
HOlloI' Students
Valorie Greene
I)cpal.tnlcnt moul'ns
loss offil"st dnlg dog
RALEIGH-Arras, the Division of
Prisons' firstfull-timenarcoticsdetection
dog, died June 22. The nine-year old
Belgian Malinois had been with the
department since January 1997.
As a puppy,Arras spent the firstyear
of his life learning how to track scents
before he came to the department. He
firstteamedwithcorrectionalofficerLee
Taylorand laterteamedwith Sgt. Eddie
Poole to helpstem the flowof drugsinto
the state's
prison. Both
Taylor and
Poole were
impressed
withthedog's
abilities and
say he could
pickonescent
out of a
thousand. Arras with his first DOC
Arras did partner, Lee Taylor. Sgt,
Eddie Poole handled Arras
morethanjust for the past few years.
sniff out
drugs, h<?wever,and often helped ~ck
people. In 1999, he successfully helped
locate a young girl who had been missing
from her home in Hoffinan for about six
hours. A year later, he was instrumental
in locating an inmate inthe Roanoke River
after an escape from Odom Correctional
Institution.
Arras also drew crowds to the
Department of Correction booth at the
State Fair in Raleigh for several years. In
addition, he visited schools to drive home
the message to young people to stay
away &omdrugs and to demonstrate how
the division uses dogs to sniff out drugs.
The division has no immediate plans
for getting another dog to replace Arras.
It now has six dogs specifically trained
for narcotics detection and uses
bloodhounds to track escapees and
missingpersons.
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Best in the Business
Penny Archer, Alvin Breeden,
Diana Victoria Carter, Grady
Collins, Virginia Cosner, Daniel
Everett, Gwendolyn Gordon,
Wendell Hargrave, Lt. Allison
Henry, Rick Jackson, Harold
Johnson, Suzanne Johnson,
Deborah "Cami" Kingsbury,
Donald Loften, Nicholas Mackey,
J ames Maher, Clyde Wilson,
Morris, Denise Radford, Raymond
Signal, Ernest Sutton, Randolph
Thomas and Phileria Ann
Washington were nominatedby their
peers for the American Correctional
Association's Best in the Business
Award. The winners are featured in
the June 2004 edition of Corrections
Today.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
September 9-11
21stAnnual SEANC Convention,Koury
Convention Center/Sheraton Four Sea-sons,
Greensboro. For more info, con-tact
SEANCat (919) 833-6436 or 1-800-
222-2758.
October 27-29, 2004
2004 North Carolina ProbationlParole
Association Training Institute. Sheraton
Hotel, Atlantic Beach. For more info,
contact Susan Walker at (252) 946-6548.
November 17-18, 2004
North Carolina CorrectionalAssociation
Annual TrainingConference.Millennium
Hotel, Durham. $40-60. Call Jay Clark
at (910) 281-4819 or Doris Daye at (919)
477-2314.
Correction News is an employee
newsletter published by the North Caro-lina
Department of Correction's Public
Affairs Office. The newsletter is avail-able
on the Department's Web site at
www.doc.state.nc.us.
If you have questions, comments or
story ideas, please contact Mildred
Spearman at smr22@doc.state.nc.us
or call the Public Affairs Office at (919)
716-3700.
A dill ill isfl'llfilJlI
Michael F. Easley
Governor
Theodis Beck
Secretary
.
l Pamela Walker
_~Ii~ AffaiDrs :::_
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Correction Nevvs
North Carolina Department of Correction 214 W. Jones Street. Raleigh NC 27603 (919) 716-3700
Community Corrections honors
2004 Officers of the Year
APEX-Secretary TheodisBeckand
Robert Lee Guy, director of the Division
of Community COlTections,recognized the
Probation, Parole and Community
Supervision Officers of the Year July 21.
Eight employees won the award: Chris
Barnett, Deana Hart, Paul Hatch, Joey
King, Tracy PalT, Charles Staley, Joseph
Tilley and Monika White.
"Each officer plays an important part in
preserving our public safety and we owe
them our thanks," Beck told the honorees,
colleagues and family members who
attended the awards ceremony at the Office
of Staff Development and Training. "To
the officers being honored today, and to all
those who work across our state every day,
I say thank you for ajob well done. Thank
. you for your commitment to quality and
your service to our state. Thank you
for making a difference in the lives of
offenders."
More than 2,000 community
cOlTections officers supervise more than
115,000 criminal offenders serving
probation, parole or post release
supervision in North Carolina
communities. In recognition of the
important work the officers do,
Governor Michael Easley proclaimed
July 18-24,2004Probation,Paroleand
CommunitySupervisionOfficers'Week
The officers of the year were
recognizedforvariousefforts,including
acts of heroism, exceptional work and
going above and beyond the call of duty.
For more information about the
officers; see pages 4-5.
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Avery-Mitchell co-workers
win big bucks
for saving state money
By Mildred Spearman
SPRUCE PINE-Almost three years
ago, Bryan Johnson's printer cartridge ran
out of toner almost every time he tried to
print Avery-Mitchell Correctional
Institution's inmate newsletter. Every time
he had to buy a new cartridge, he couldn't
believe how much itcost. There s got to
be a better way, he thought.
So Johnson put his head together with
Ronald McKinney, an accounting
technician at the facility, to try to find a
way to save money on the cartridges.
"We were using and having to buy a lot
of refurbished computer cartridges,"
remembers McKinney. "We just got to
rolling it around in our heads that if
somebody else can refill those, why can't
we buy the supplies and do it ourselves?"
Fast forward to 2004. Inmates at
Avery-Mitchell now buy toner in bulk and
refill toner cartridges for the Division of
Prisons all across the state. And Johnson
and McKinney are nearly $15,000 richer
because of it.
On June 7, Johnson and McKinney
each received a check for $14,496.30 as
(Avery-Mitchell,cont.on page 2)
2 Third Quarter 2004 Correction News
Avery-Mitchell, cont. from page 1
part of the State Employee Incentive
Bonus Program (SEIBP). SEIBP
rewards employees for developing ideas
that benefit the state in one or more of
the following areas: safety, costs,
productivity, efficiency, conditions,
services to the public, energy resources
or employee morale. When a suggestion
results in monetary savings to the state,
the people who suggested the idea are
eligible for a monetary award equal to
up to 20 percent of the annual savings
resulting from the first year the idea is
implemented. In the first year that
inmates began refilling cartridges, the
program saved the Department of
Correction approximately $147,000.
The idea to use inmate labor to refill
printer cartridges was an idea born of
necessity. As programs supervisor at
Avery-Mitchell, Johnson needed to print
a lot of documents, but needed to find a
more economical way to do that.
Inmates already were refurbishing used
state computers to be donated to local
school systems, so Johnson knew the
inmates had enough skill to refill toner
cartridges. Johnson then began working
with one of the inmates to figure out
exactly how to refill the cartridges and
what supplies they would need.
Once the process was in place,
Johnson and McKinney added up the
costsandrealizedthat usinginmatelabor
to refill the cartridges would save a
tremendous amount of money. They
worked with Wayne True and Steve
Bailey to implement a pilot program at
Avery-Mitchell in March 2002. Three
months later, the department provided
resources to expand the program
statewide.
NeitherJohnsonnorMcKinneyhasany
immediate plans to make any big
purchases with their bonuses. Johnson
plans to just save his money and pay a
few bills,while McKinney is going to save
his money to buy a cabin. Although both
admit the process of getting from an idea
to a payoff through SEffiP can be tedious,
they advise other people to share their
money-saving ideas and take a shot at
earning the bonus money. They say the
time and effort invested will not be wasted
if you follow the rules and keep good
notes.
"If you'll really take your time and look
the situation over and follow the [SEffiP]
guidelines, it will be very beneficial to the
state and to them," says McKinney."
"Keep good documentation, so you can
prove how much your savings show,"
adds Johnson, who has another potentially
award-winning idea tucked away in the
back of his head. "Once it's all done, it's
all worth it in the long run."
James "Jimmy" \Voodard
(19 I 5-2004)
Former correction ~.
secretary James ~ ~ ~ Woodard died May:. Ii! _ ,
26. He was 88.
AJohnstonCounty
native, Woodardwas
born in 1915. Hehad Woodard
an interesting career
path, working at various times as a
band instructor, railroad clerk, cashier,
soldier, judicial official and owner of
a clothing store. He served as clerk
of court for Johnston County for 10
years, until Govemor Jim Hunt named
him chairman of the Parole
Commission in 1977. Woodard later
served as secretary of the Department
of Correction from 1981-84.
Woodard is survived by Frances
Pittman Woodard, whom he married
in 1941; two children and a host of
family and mends.
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for aeath, :He ~naCy
. stoppeafor me; cr1ie
carriage heCa 6ut just
ourseCves ana immortaCity.
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(1830-1886) American Poet
General A.,'seI11b(vgives state elllployees a pay raise
RALEIGH-The North Carolina
General Assembly adjourned July 18,
agreeingto a budget that grantsperma-nent
full time employees a $1,000 or a
2.5 percent pay raise, whichever is
greater. The increase is the first salary
increase since 2001.
Employees that make less than
$40,000 will receive the flat $1,000,
which amountsto a raise of greaterthan
2.5 percent. For example, employees
making $20,000 actually received a 5per-cent
raise, while employees making
$30,000 actually received a 3.3 percent
raise. Employees who make $40,000 or
more receive a 2.5 percent increase. The
increase will be added to the employee's
base pay and will be included in the Au-gust
paycheck, retroactive to July 1.
In other legislation related to the de-partment,
the General Assembly autho-rized
Transylvania County to donate land
to the state for use as a correctional
facility and annexed Albemarle Cor-rectional
Institution into the town of
Badin. The legislature also added pro-bation
and parole officers to the defi-nition
oflaw enforcement under G S.
143-166.2( d) to clarify that the offic-ers
are covered by the the Law En-forcement
Officers', Firemen's, Res-cue
Squad Workers' and Civil Air Pa-trol
Members' Death Benefits Act.
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Matthew 25 Center
welcomes inmate families
BURGAW-When family members
come to visit inmates at Pender
Correctional Institution and neighboring
facilities, they no longer have to worry
about where they will stay. The Matthew
25 Center, a nonprofit, nondenominational
center, now serves as a home away from
home for familieswho visit their lovedones
IIIpnson.
"It's a ministry, but it's also a hospitality
house for families of inmates," says Billy
Anderson, executive director of the center.
Located a short distance from the
Pender Correctional, the Matthew Center
has six bedrooms with baths, office space,
a worship area, an industrial kitchen and
a large living and dining area. The center
also has an apartment where the center's
director and his wife Frances will live.
Many people helped make the center
a reality, including Debi Creech, who
pioneered the vision more than 10 years
ago; Tommy Gamer Jr., who donated the
land for the building; and the Wilmington
Baptist Association, who organized a
coalition to help design and build the
center.
Families of inmates at any area prisons
are welcome to stay at the center. With
the continued support of the community,
the center accepts
donations, but does not
charge the families for either
food or lodging. For more
information about the
Matthew 25 Center,
contact Anderson at (910)
259-7133.
recognized Wake I
County probation I
officers May 20 during I
a news conference
announcing a Project
Safe Neighborhoods
(PSN) roundup that
resulted in 90 arrests.
Chief Probation Officer
Maggie Farmer and six
other probation officers
had taken part in the
multi-agency
collaborative effort to
serve outstanding arrest
warrants.
The three-day Wake County roundup
was part ofPSN, a national program that
aims to reduce gun violence. Under the
leadership ofthe United States Marshals
Service, several agencies came together
to participate in the roundup, including the
U. S.Bureau of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, the Wake County Sheriff's
Office, the Apex Police Department, the
Cary Police Department, the Gamer
Police Department, and the Raleigh Police
Department. They arrested offenders for
crimes such as drug offenses, assault with
a deadly weapon, illegal possession of a
firearm, aggravated assault, probation
violations and weapons violations.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jane Jackson recognizes Wake County
ChiefProbationlParole Officer Maggie Farmer during the press
conference announcing the PSN roundup.
Piedmont inmates help bring
the past back to life
SALISBURY-Inmates atPiedmont
Correctional Institution are bringing the
past back alive by
helping restore
vintage fire trucks
for local fire
departments. So
far, the inmates have
completed
restorations for the
China Grove and Landis fire departments.
The inmates are students in Jerry
McGrady's auto body class, offered
through Rowan-Cabarrus Community
College. When the inmates began
1947 American LaFrance
Wake probation/parole
officers help round up offenders
RALEIGH-The U.S. Attorney's
Office and U.S. Marshals Service
working on the trucks, the trucks showed
the toll that time and duty had taken over
the years. Working diligently, the inmates
completed an exterior frame restoration
of a 1927 American LaFrance for the
China Grove Fire Department and a
complete restoration of a 1947 American
Lafrance for the Landis Fire Department.
It takes the inmates about four months to
finish one truck.
The inmates' next task is to restore a
1976 LaFrance for Person County Fire
Department, a van for the North Carolina
Red Cross and a tanker truck for the
North Carolina Forestry Service:
Warren County DCC has new digs
WARRENTON-State and local
officials celebrated the dedication of the
new Warren County Law Enforcement
Center May 25. Located on Highway
58, the center will house probation and
parole offices,the Warren County Sheriff's
Office, the magistrate's office, community
service and an emergency operations and
communications center.
TenCommunity Corrections employees
in judicial district 9B, which handles
Warren County, will work out of the
center. Located on Highway 58 just east
of Warrenton, the center's official address
is 132 Rafters Lane, Suite 101, Warren
ton, NC 27589. The telephone number
for the DCC office remains the same--
(252) 257-1309.
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2004 Probation/Parole and Community Supervision Officers of the Year
Chris Barnett isanintensiveprobation
officer in Carteret County. He is
recognizedforhisinvolvementwith Close
Watch Court, the
state's first drug
treatment court in a
non-urban area.
When fundingfor
the treatment aspect
of Craven County's
Close Watch Court
endedtwoyears ago,
Barnett helped Judge James Ragan
modify the program so that community
resources could be used to provide
services to offenders. After his transfer
to Carteret County, Barnett initiated a
new CloseWatch Court there.
Barnett also was commended for
helping defuse a potentially dangerous
domestic violence situation. In March,
whileconductinga routinecurfewcheck
on an offender in Morehead City, he
ended up assisting a neighbor whose
boyfriend had kidnapped and assaulted
her. He helped the woman escape and
then detained the boyfriend until local
policearrived.
Barnett started his career with the
department in 1995 as a surveillance
officer.
Barnett
Deana Hart is an intensive probation
officer in Nash County. She is recognized
for her willingness to go above and
beyond the call of duty.
In June 2003, Hart joined forces with
Rocky Mount police officers to arrest an
absconder. While
the officers were
handcuffing the
absconder, he
managed to escape.
Although Hart was
able to grab him,
':f j the absconder
H";rt overpowered Hart
and dragged her through a glass door,
causing injuries that ultimatelyrequired
numerous stitches and reconstructive
surgery.
Hart started community corrections
career as a probation officer in 1998, after
working for the Division of Prisons for six
years. In addition to her duties as an
intensive officer, she serves as a general
instructor, teaching courses on blood-borne
pathogens and offender/staff
relations.
Paul Hatch is a probation/parole
officer inCumberland COtU1tyI.n addition
to being an exceptional employee, Hatch
is quick to act when duty calls outside the
office.
In January, Hatch
came to the aid of a
woman whose house
was on fire. Although
the home and its
contents were
destroyed, Hatch's
quick actions helped
save several pets.
Hatch joined the Division of
Community Corrections in 1995 after six-years
in the Navy. When the sex offender
control program began in Cumberland
County in 1997, he served on the task
force that helped develop the program
and training materials. One of the original
sex offender control officers, Hatch has
distinguished himself as an expert on sex
offenders and continues to improve the
training methods and materials used in the
sex offender control program.
"Paul is a very knowledgeable
employee who demonstrates compassion
and a willingness to help others, not only
co-workers, but offenders as well," says
his supervisor Jonette Quenum. 'Through
his interactions with others, he always
considers the safety of the community
first"
Hatch
Joey King is an intensivecase officer
assigned to Mitchell County. He is
recognized for his quick thinking and
selfless action during a
crisis situation.
King was outside
the magistrate's office
at the town hall in
Spruce Pine in June
2003 when he heard
King gunshotsontheupper
floor. After realizing he was the only
officer on scene with a weapon, King
started going from room to room in the
townhall,locatingpeopleandclearingthe
building. He foundone shootingvictim,
dead in a hallway.
Moments later he found the gunman,
seated in a comer ofthe town council's
boardroom. The man raised his gun and
shot himself when he saw that Officer
King was armed. King immediately
called emergency medical services and
law enforcement,but thegunmandied at
the scene. The gunman's ex-wife, who
was believed to be his target, was hiding
behind a locked door and therefore
survivedthe incident. Investigatorscited
King's quickactionsforhelpingsaveher
life.
King joined the department in May
1998 as a probation/parole officer in
Mitchell County and was promoted to
intensivecase officerin 2003.
Tracy Parr isan intensivecaseofficer
supervising high-risk offenders on
probation in the Greensboroarea. Sheis
active in
Greensboro's
Violent Crimes
Task Force,
working closely
with prosecutors
and the Greensboro
Police Department
Parr toadviseoffenders
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Correction News Third Quarter 2004 5
2004 Probation/Parole and Community Supervision Officers of the Year
Charles Staley is a probation officer
based in Siler City. His district serves a
growingpopulation
of Spanish-speakingoffenders,
and Officer Staley
has spent much of
his time over the past
two years learning
Spanish so he can
Staley communicatebetter
with the offenderson his caseload.
Staley is now able to conduct office
visits with probationers
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that the offenders assigned to
his caseload understand the entire
probation process.
Staley joined the Department of
Correction in 1982 as a correctional
officer and worked at prisons in Hoke
of resources available to them and warn
them about the consequences of
committing violent crimes in Guilford
County. When serious crimes do occur,
the task force canvasses the local
neighborhoods, talking to residents for
possible leads.
Parr is involved in training other
probation/parole officers and has
participated in several training task forces
on new initiatives and procedures. She
has also served in several leadership roles
in the North Carolina Probation and
Parole Association.
Parr started her corrections career as
a probation officer in Wake County. She
transferred to High Point in 1991 and
Greensboro in 1996. On June I, she was
promoted to Chief Probation/Parole
Officer.
and Lee counties. He became a
surveillance officer for the Division of
Community Corrections in 1986 and a
communityprobationofficerin 1991.He
is a graduate of North Carolina State
University.
Although Joseph Tilley now works
injudicial district 17B serving Stokes and
Surry counties, he is recognized for his
work as a probation/ ~ 1 parole officer in
Forsyth County.
While working in
Forsyth County, he
helped implement an
automated case
management system,
spending countless Tilley
hours learning the new computer system
and training other officers to operate the
system. He also participated in the local
violent crimes task force and served on
the electronic house arrest response team.
Tilley's peers praise his willingness to help
other officers, to volunteer where needed
and to always strive to do the best job
possible.
"He is a total team player when it comes
to the job," says Ted East, a chief
probation/parole officer who served as
Tilley'ssupervisorinForsythCounty."He
just is an outstandingofficer."
A native of Stokes County, Tilley
graduated from Western Carolina
University in 2000. He served as an intern
in district 17B, so now he has come full
circle.
On July 5, Tilley married Mary
"Tempy" Tilley, a probation/parole
officer in Forsyth County. In his spare
time,he works on his parents' farmand
enjoyswater sports,baseball and target
shooting.
Monika White is a probation/parole
officer in Mecklenburg County. She is
being recognized for a contribution to the
department above and beyond the call
of duty and high productivity.
Prior to becoming a probation/parole
officer, White was a Community Service
Work Program district coordinator. In
January 2002, the program was moved
from the Department of Crime Control
and Public Safety to the Department of
Correction. During this transition,
Officer White volunteered to return to
the program to help train her fellow
officers in community
service policies and
procedures.
In February2003,
White again went
above and beyond
the call of duty by
volunteeringtowork
in a newly formed White
specialoperationsunitmonitoringcases
in the Mecklenburg County Superior
Court. Her supervisor, chief probation
parole officer Verdan St.Airnie, says
White met the challenge in a role that
othersshiedawayfromdue
to its typically large case
volume.
In additionto managing
her caseload, White also
volunteered to lead the
investigations for official
crime versions.The written
accounts of a crime and conviction
require in-depth research of court
documents and may also require
interviewsoflaw enforcementofficers,
witnessesandvictims.
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DCC
Spotlight on
,JudicialDistrict 14
JUDICIAL DISTRICT
MANAGER
Billie Jo Atkins has
served as judicial district
manager for Durham
County since 2003. The
Fayetteville native be-lieves
in a comprehensive
strategy that involves local law enforcement, community
resources and citizen participation.
"In order for an offender to succeed, it is important
that we have the support ofthe whole criminialjustice
system in Durham," says Atkins. "Collaboration is very
important, along with open lines of communication."
Meanwhile, Brenda Mills, an office assistant IV, has
been with DCC for four years. "I couldn't exist without
her," adds Atkins. "If! need something done and need it
done right, I go to Brenda."
OFFICERS/
STAFF
Left to right: PPOI
Tonshea Tillery,
PPOII Ryan Blount,
office assistant Terri
Cope and PPOI
Natasha Downey.
Tillery and Downey
are specialized offic-ers,
supervising of-fenders
convicted of
cases involving do-mestic
violence.
They work very closely with the CHANGE, a program that
provides treatment for domestic violence offenders in
Durham. Durham County has more than 200 offenders
whose crimes involved domestic violence.
Above, left to right: chief
probation/parole officers
Celeste Kelly, Edward
Conner, Tim Schultz and
Anna Foy. At left:
Theron Dennis, assistant
judicial manager.
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CHIEF PROBATION/PAROLE OFFICERS
Durham County DCC has six chief probation and parole officers:
Celeste Kelly, Edward Conner, Tim Shultz, Anna Foy, Hallie Furlow
and Theron Dennis. In addition to his duties as a chiefPPO, Dennis
also serves as assistant judicial district manager. Foy heads up judi-cial
services, while Kelly, Conner and Furlow supervise field ser-vices
units. Dennis and Schultz each supervise one ofthe district's
two special operations teams.
Shultz's special ops unit consists of two officers who supervise
offenders ordered to attend day reporting centers; one officer who
supervises offenders leaving prison on parole or post-release supervi-sion;
two officers who monitor offenders on electronic house arrest;
one officer that supervises offenders affiliated with gangs; one of-ficer
that supervises offenders participating for the Going Home Ini-tiative;
and one community school partnership officer that supervises
offenders attending Durham public schools.
Dennis' special ops unit, on the other hand, consists of two sex
offender officers, one intensive team and two TROSA officers.
TROSA (Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers) is a
two-year residential program located in Durham that helps people
with substance abuse problems change their lives. Approximately 120
Durham County offenders participate in TROSA.
Correction News Third Quarter 2004 7
SPECIALIZED OFFICERS
IDurham probation/parole officers have
a number of roles in the crirninaljustice
J I process.Front,left-right:ChristieLong,
who works with offenders participat-ing
in Going Home and also acts as an
intermediate school partnership
officer;Yolanda Woodhouse, who
works with offenders sentenced to drug
treatment court; Kristi Burden, office
assistant; and Sharon Mardis, who
works with TROSA participants. Back
I row: Clark Atkins, who handles inten-sive
sex offenders and day reporting
center offenders; and Roscoe Hager, who supervises sex offenders.
JUDICIAL SERVICES
1 I ~- The judicial services staff members
.~'_~ ;:. ~ pr~cess court cases? sen:e as liai~ons
~ - ~ I with the courts, wnte cnme versIOns ~:4
~
and handle transfers and community
. service. "They play a vital role be-
, cause they are the first people to have
contact with the offender." says
Atkins. "They set the bar for the
offender's future interaction in the
system." With more than 1,500 pro-bation/
parole entries inDurham County
every year, the staff keeps busy.
Front, l-r: Chris Gladnet, Rashawn
Urguhart and Debra Breeden. Back: Jan
Williams and William Bridges.
OFFICERS: Officers Mike Gould
(left), Starr Taybron (center) and
Calvin Mizzell are an important part
of the DCC team. In addition to his
duties as an officer, Gould works as
a liaison with the Durham Police De-partment
regarding immigration and
other homeland security issues.
Meanwhile, Taybron works as a
community schoolpartnership officer
and Mizzell is a field services officer.
MORE OFFICERS: PPOs
Kenya Huger and Tracy Johnson;
ISO Denise Pituk; and PPOs
Frank Shipp and Terri Dixon.
Dixon works in judicial services,
while the others work in field ser-vices.
When this photo was
taken, they were taking a CPR
class at Durham Technical Col-lege.
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FIELD SERVICES
Ron Taylor, Hallie Furlow and Wayne
Johnson are part of the field services team
located on Orange Street in Durham. Tay-lor
is an intensive surveillance officer,
Furlow is a chief probation/parole officer
and Johnson is a probation/parole officer.
DOUBLE DUTY OFFICER
Timothy Price is an interme-diate
officer who handles
offenders who that commit-ted
sex offenses. As a
member of the National
Guard, Price served on ac-tive
duty in Operation En-during
Freedom. He has since retired from
the National Guard after 25 years.
TASC
Cecilia Faucette-Ray and Ebony Snead are case
managers for Treatment Ac-countability
for Safer
Communitites (TASC). Because
the TASC managers are housed
in the same building with DCC of-ficers,
it is a lot easier to provide
substance abuse services to of-fenders.
"The officer can just Faucette-Ray
walk the offender to the TASC case manager to
set up appointments," says Atkins. "Since the of-fender
is already here to visit the office, it's like
one-stop shopping for the offenders."
TASC provides an array of services designed to
help offenders with substance
abuse issues and/or mental illness
and to avoid duplication of limited
resources. Services include screen-ing,
clinical assessment, treatment
matching, referral and care man-agement.
..
Snead
8 Third Quarter 2004 Correction News
tft
Lattie Baker takes new role at
AIcohollDrug Council
RALEIGH-After 32yearsof service
to the Department of Correction, Lattie
Baker has decided to accept a new
challenge. He spent his last day at the
department July 30, and began his new
job as executive director of theAlcohol!
DrugCouncilof North CarolinaonAug.
1. The council promotes recovery and
addiction through education and
advocacy.
Bakerjoined the department in 1972,
where he first worked with youth at
Central Prison. He moved up the ranks,
eventuallyservingas
manager of youth
command for the
Division of Prisons
and later assistant
secretary for
programs and
development. In
Baker 1987,hewasn~ed
assistant secretary for alcohol and
chemical dependency programs, a post
he has held for the last 17years.
Baker looksforwardto the challenges
of his newposition,but he knows he will
misscertainthingsabouthissecondhome
for the last 32 years. "I especially will
miss the people, because in corrections,
there is this feeling of family and
cohesiveness that I don't see in other
organizations," he says. "But working with
the Alcohol/Drug Council is an
opportunity for me to continue the work I
was doing with the department on a larger,
statewide level."
A native of Willow Springs, Baker is a
graduate of SaintAugustine's College. He
and his wife, Hoyie, have four children and
live in Raleigh. He is very active in his
church, where he serves as a deacon.
MANAGEMENT IN MOTION
Oxendine named JDM in Forsyth County
WINSTON-SALEM-Secretary Although the new position takes
Theodis Beck has named Chris Oxendine Oxendine away ftom Guilford County for
as the judicial district manager for the Di- the first time in his career with the de-vision
of Community Corrections injudi- partment, Oxendine is ready for action.
cial district 21, effective July 1, 2004. As "I am looking forward to facing the chal-judicial
district manager, Oxendine is re- lenges in a new role as manager," he says.
tsipoonnssibolpefeorractoiomnms uninityFcootrrseyCt-h ·I I t"hPelusst,afIf ianlrFeaodrysytkhnCowounatlyoat nodf
County. Iam looking forwardto work-
Oxendinejoined theDepart- ingwiththem."
ment of Correction as a proba- Prior to joining the depart-tion/
parole officer in Guilford ment, Oxendine served in the
County in 1991. He worked U.S. Marines and worked as a
his way through the ranks, be- counselor with the Division of
coming an intensive officer in Youth Services. A native of
1995,a chiefprobation/parole Oxendine RobesonCounty,he graduated
officerin 1997andassistantjudicialman- ITomPembrokeStateUniversityin 1991
ager for judicial district 18 (Guilford with a degree inpsychology.
County) in 2000. In 1999,he wasnamed When he is not busy at work,
one of 16 officers of the years selected Oxendinespendshis timegolfing,horse-from
the more than 11,500correctional backridingandspendingtimewithhis 10-
officers and probation, parole and com- year-old twin sons. He is a member of
munitysupervisionofficersthatworkedfor Cher~kee Chapel Church in R,obeson
the departmentat that time. County.
Bennett taps John Blalock as chief of security
RALEIGH-Director of Prisons superintendent and superintendent at
Boyd Bennett has named John Blalock Granville Correctional Center,assistant
chief of security for the North Carolina managerof theDivisionof Prisonsyouth
Divisionof Prisons. As chiefof security, command and special assistant to the
Blalock is responsible for director of prisons.
securityoversightofthe state's A native of Warrenton,
76 prisons and for security BlalockgraduatedITomJohn
policy and procedure Graham High School in
development. Warrenton and received a
For the past four years, criminaljustice degree from
Blalock has served as the WIlsonTechnicalInstitute.He
assistantchief of security. His L - currentlyis servinghissecond
career began in 1975 as a Blalock - term as a Warrenton town
correctional officer at Warren commissioner.
Correctional Center. He also has served Blalock'sappointmentiseffectiveJuly
as a program supervisor at Franklin 1. He replaces Charles Stewart who
Correctional Center, assistant retired June 1.
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Correction News Third Quarter 2004 9
MANAGEMENT IN MOTION
Larry Pierce ready to kick back
REIDSVILLE-Larry Pierce has
moved on to greener pastures. He
retired asjudicial district manager for
district 17A in Rockingham County
effective July 1.
Pierce began his career in community
corrections in 1975 as a probation
officer in Eden. He later became an
intensive officer and was a chief
probation/parole officer for six years
before being promoted tojudicial district
manager in October 2000.
Pierce has no definitive retirement
plans. His immediate plans are to do a
little traveling, work around the house
and do the things he didn't have time to
do before. He also is considering
working part time after he has enjoyed his
fTeedomfor a little while.
Although he is excited about his
retirement, Pierce says there is one thing
he definitelywill miss about the department
"I'll miss the people that I have worked
with," he says. "When you spend eight
hours a day with the same people, you
get to know them pretty well."
A western North Carolina native,
Pierce graduated fTom East Tennessee
State University in 1972 with a bachelor
of science degree in criminal justice. He
and his wife, who have three adult children,
now reside in Wentworth. When he's
not working, Pierce likes to fish, travel and
attend football games.
George Aldridge picks up where Pierce left off
REIDSVlLLE-Secretary Theodis Aldridgeislookingforwardtoworking
BeckhasnamedGeorgeAldridgeas the inRockinghamCounty. "I've got toleam
judicialdistrictmanagerfortheDivision a lot because every district does things a
of Community Corr~ctions injudicial littlebitdifferently,"hesays".Butl'IIlgoing
district 17A, effective July 1. As to try andmake RockinghamCountythe
manager,AldridgereplacesLarryPierce best it can be as far as the Division of
and will oversee all community Community Corrections is concerned. I
correctionsinRockinghamCounty. hopetobuildonthestrengthsand improve
Aldridge began his career with the on the weaknesses."
Department of Correction as a Aldridgeis a nativeofCaswellCounty,
probation/parole officer in Caswell where he continuesto live. He graduated
County in October 1983. Hemoved to fTomthe Universityof North Carolina in
Alamance Countyin 1994to become a 1980with a bachelorof sciencedegreein
chiefprobation/paroleofficerindistrict businessadministration.In hissparetime,
15A. he enjoyscampingand fishing.
Virginia Price to serve as interim chief ofDACDP
RALEIGH-Virginia Price,who cur- Bakerisnamed,Pricewilloverseeallpro-rently
serves as special assistant to the gramsand initiativesinvolvingsubstance
secretary, has been named the interim abuse programs and initiatives operated
assistantsecretaryfortheDivisionofAl- by the division. A27- year veteran of the
cohol and Chemical Dependency Pro- department, Price also will continue to
gramsfollowingtheretirementofLattie handle the department's federal grants
Baker. Until a permanent successor to programwhilesheservestheinterimchief
Strader to oversee CJPP
in second judicial division
SMITHFIELD-Division of
Community Corrections Director Robert
Lee Guy has named Conrad Strader as
the Criminal Justice Partnership Program
(CJPP) coordinator in the Second Judicial
Division. Operating fTom Smithfield,
Straderwill oversee ~
the CJPP in the..
participatingcounties
in the secondjudicial
division, which
includes 11judicial
districts in the central
part of the state.
A Harnett County Strader
resident, Strader has
been the chief probation/parole officer for
that county for nearly ten years. Prior to
that he was a parole officer with the Pre-
Release Aftercare program, a house arrest
officer and an intensive probation officer.
Strader also has been the chairman of the
board that oversees CJPP in Harnett
County for nine years and he recently
served on the committee making
recommendations to the county about the
construction of a new county jail.
Strader is looking forward to getting
started in his new role. "I'm excited
because I feel that providing education and
substance treatment programs are
imperativeto helpingoffenderssucceed,"
he said. "CJPP gives the counties and
citizensa voiceinhowtheywantto spend
the funding allocated towards helping
offenders."
A native of Rockingham County,
Stradergraduated fromWentworthHigh
School in 1974. He holds a bachelor's
degree inpolitical scienceand sociology
from the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro.
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10 Third Quarter 2004 Correction News
Movill ' Oil Up j\i/ovill' on Up
NAME
Ann Abbott
Robert Adams
TonyaAlexander
Teresa Alexander
Betty Amason
Thomas Asbell II
Dwayne Baker
Constance Baker
Donald Barnes
Susan Barton
Bonna Bawden
Michael Belas
WilliamBell II
Erica Bell
John Bivins
Albert Boca
James Brandon
Alvin Breeden
VickiBriggs
Nora Brinson
David Brown
Kyle Brown
Lisa Brown
Charles Bryant
Angela Bryant-Sims
Joan Buffkin
Richard Burkhart
Michael Burnette
VIrginiaButler
Joe Cagle
Anke Cahoon
Elizabeth Cameron
Johnnie Carswell Jr.
Alan Caviness
Myra Chambers
Nancy Cheeks
Jean Clark
WilliamColey
James Collins
Carolyn Collins
James Cotton
Frank Cox Jr.
Sherri Creighton
Robert D. White
Joseph Davis
Gary Denobrega
Esmaralda Diomande
Frederick Duncan
Michael Earley
David Edwards
WllliamEllis
Kenneth Ellis
Dennis Ellis
Lewis Ferguson
Sarah Fisher
NEW TITLE LOCATION
Asst Corr Supt N. Piedmont CCW
Steam Plant Supv II Central Prison
Corr Case Analyst Piedmont CI
Personnel Analyst EEO
Social Worker II Albemarle CI
Asst Supt Hyde CI
Corr Prog Supv WakeCC
Pers Asst IV WakeCC
PPO I Tr Dist 13
Personnel Asst V Hoke CI
Sentence Audit Tech II Com Records
PPO II Dist 25A
PIPUnit Supv III District 27A
CO Trainee McCain CH
PPO II Dist 22
Corr Sergeant Pasquotank CI
Sergeant CaswellCC
PPO I Tr Dist 16A
Internal Auditor I Internal Audit
Nurse (RN) Lead NCCIW
Corr Train Coord I SCRO
Corr Prog Supv PolkVI
Personnel Tech II Raleigh RO
Corr Progs Supv McCain CH
Corr Unit Mgr Pasquotank CI
Med Rec Mgr III DOP
Appl Analyst Prog I Res and Planning
Corr Training Inst Piedmont RO
Nurse (RN) Lead Lumberton CI
Corr Train Instructor II OSDT
Sergeant Hyde CI
Nurse (RN) Lead Sanford CC
Corr Trng Spec II Western YI
Sergeant Randolph CC
Office Asst IV Charlotte CC
PPOIl Dist21
PPO II District 21
Sergeant Nash CI
CE Supv III CE-Sign Plant
PPO II Dist 13
Corr Sergeant Neuse CI
Lead Corr Officer Caswell CC
Info Proc Tech DCC-EHA
Sergeant Lumberton CI
Food Serv Mgr I Lincoln CC
Corr Prog Dir I Columbus CI
Proc Asst V DCC-EHA
Sergeant Scotland CI
Sergeant New HanoverCC
Lead Corr Officer Franklin CC
Corr Prog Dir I Rowan CC
Sergeant Eastern CI
Sergeant Central Prison
Asst Unit Mgr Scotland CI
Admin Secretary I Albemarle CI
NAME NEW TITLE
Anthony Florence Asst Supt
Demeatria Forte Lieutenant
Clint Fowler Acct Tech II
VanFranklin Se~eant
Traccey Freeman PIPInten Case Off
Steve Futrell Lieutenant
Jack Gaskins III PIPSurv Officer
Brian Gates PIPUnit Supv III
Dexter Gibbs Corr Prog Supv
John Godfrey Corr Prog Dir I
Archie Gordon Food Serv Mgr II
Michael Greene Sergeant
Rebecca Gresham Personnel Analyst
Thomas Groome Sergeant
Joann Gustkey Nurse (RN) Lead
Gene Guthrie PPOII
David Gwyn Food Serv Mgr
Rooksie Hager Med Rec Asst
Timothy Hamilton Food Serv Mgr
Linda Harrell Lead Corr Officer
Denise Harris Pers Tech I
Enoch Hasberry III Corr Prog Dir I
Frederick Hayes Sergeant
WilliamHerring Sergeant
Roderick Herring Sergeant
David Hines PPO II
Barbara Hinson Nurse (RN) Supv I
Wilton Hollingsworth Jr. Lieutenant
Stanley Hubbard PIPSurv Officer
Edward Hughes Jr. PPOII
Katie Inman Corr Admin Tech
David Jenkins Sergeant
William Johnson Elec Tech III
Deborah Jones Lieutenant
Michelle Keith Inst ClassifCoord
Timothy Kerley Asst Supt
Phillip Kirby Social Worker II
Darwin Kutsche Main Mech IV
Benny Langdon Hosp Serv Admin II
Roy Laughrun Corr Prog Supv
Daryl Lawrence Lieutenant
Jamie Lawson PPOII
Eula Leak Sub Abuse Coun II
Alton Leonard Jr. Maint Mech V
Jeffrey Levine Appl Anal Prog Spec
Adrian Lewis Sergeant
Judy Lovin Nurse (RN) Lead
William Lucas Health Treat Admin
Annette Lynn Food Serv Mgr IV
Rhonda Matthews Admin Serv Asst V
David May Jr. Sergeant
Lisa McCall PPO I Trainee
Judith McCall Sub Abuse Couns II
Debora McKinney Office Asst IV
Susan McKinney Sergeant
LOCATION
Carteret CC
NCCIW
Lumberton CI
Craggy CC
District 26
Pamlico CI
District 15B
Dist 21
Marion CI
Sanford CC
Hoke CI
Albemarle CI
Personnel
Fountain CCW
Pasquotank CI
District 3B
Foothills CI
PolkVI
Eastern CI
Southern CI
Marion CI
Carteret CC
Nash CI
Johnston CI
Wayne CC
Dist 22
Southern CI
CP
Dist 27B
Dist 20B
Piedmont CI
Southern CI
West Reg MY
Morrison YI
Western YI
Catawba CC
DOP
DACDP
Central Prison
Avery/Mitchell CI
CP
District 21
Morrison CI
CE-Sign Plant
IMS
PolkVI
Scotland CI
McCain CH
NCCIW
Forsyth CC
Greene CI
District 9B
RowanCC
Craggy CC
Alexander CI
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Correction News Third Quarter 2004 11
Mov;Il' Oil Up iWov;Il' 0/1 Up
NAME
Tony McKinnon
Dorothy McLean
John McNeill
Stephanie Miller
Tanuny Milligan
David Millis
Tracy Minor
Jesse Mitchell
Ronald Mitchell
Richard Monroe
Patricia Moody
Julie Morris
Kathy Moseley
Annette Newman
Kristie Noah
Joseph Norris
Gina Oakes
Laura Oakley
David Odell
Dessie Outlaw
VanParamore
Richard Pardue
James Parker
Henry Parks
Gary Parks
Chad Parks
Tracy Parr
Amanda Pence
Laura Phillips
April Pigg
Donna Pinela
Robert Pope
Richard Potter
Billie Pumsley
Cassandra Ragler
William Raines
Hubert Ray Jr.
Randy Register
Richard Rhye
Randy Rising
Dennis Rivers Sr.
Luann Roberts
Charles Robinson
Horace Ross
Mary Ross
Vicki Russell
Tiffany Sanders
Troy Scott
James Sellers
Patricia Sessoms
Reggie Sexton
William Sharpe Jr.
Heidi Shaulis
Scott Shell
Robin Shelton
NEW TITLE LOCATION
PPOIl Dist21
Sergeant Lanesboro CI
Captain Morrison CI
Nurse Lead Alexander CI
Corr Case Mgr Western YI
Sergeant Parnlico CI
Sergeant Central Prison
Corr Enter Mgr IV CE
Sergeant PolkYI
Captain Central Prison
Personnel Asst IV Wayne CC
Food Serv Mgr I Anson CC
Personnel Asst IV DCC
PPO II District 17B
Sergeant Southern CI
Corr Training Spec II Harnett CI
Lieutenant PolkYI
Personnel Tech I Personnel
Sergeant Cabarrus CC
PPO II Dist 6B
PIP Inten Case Off Dist 2
Sergeant Cabarrus CC
Jud Dist Mgr Dist 3B
Sub Abuse Couns II DWI Program
Admin Officer I WakeCC
PPOII District 19B
PPO Unit Supv III District 18
PPOIl Dist 10
PPO II Dist 11
Nurse (RN) Lead McCain CH
Sergeant Piedmont CI
Electrician II Alexander CI
Corr Prog Dir I Wayne CC
PPOII Dist 2
Sergeant Central Prison
Maint Mech V Engineering
Sergeant Harnett CI
Asst Supt Bladen CC
Sub Abuse Couns II Morrison CI
Prog Supv Columbus CI
PIPInten Case Off District 19C
Admin Serv Asst V Raleigh CCW
Sergeant Foothills CI
Corr Food Serv Mgr I Morrison YI
Fingerpt ID Search Sup DOP
Personnel Asst V Central Prison
PPO I Trainee District 10
Corr Enter Supv III CE-Duplicating
PPO I Trainee District 19B
Lieutenant Central Prison
PPO II Dist 10
Corr Unit Mgr Pasquotank CI
Acct ClerkV DOP
Corr Asst Unit Mgr Avery/Mitchell CI
Sergeant Central Prison
NAME NEW TITLE LOCATION
Stephanie Shipe Corr Health Asst II Mt. ViewCI
Wanda Sides Corr Prog Supv Albemarle CI
Patsy Simpson Proc Asst IV Foothills CI
WilliamSinclair PPOII District 26
Byron Singleton Maint Mech IV Scotland CI
Thomas Smith Jr. Corr Trng Spec II Lumberton CI
Russell Smith CE Supv II CE-Sign Plant
David Smith PIPUnit Supv III Dist 17B
Robert South III Sergeant Wayne CI
Mildred Spearman Policy Analyst Administration
Carla Speed Corr Case Mgr PolkYI
Hilda Spivey Corr Trng Coord II OSDT
George Stamey Train Coord I Western RO
James Stephens PPOII Dist 26
James Stroud Corr Trng Instructor OSDT
Jane Suggs Admin Serv Mgr Pasquotank CI
Johnny Sutton Sergeant Franklin CC
Ghislane Thompson Sub Abuse Couns I DART-Fountain
Gregory Tillman Asst Supt Davidson CC
Randall Turner Asst Supt Sanford CC
Sharon Upchurch Info Proc Tech DCC
Luis Valle Food Serv Mgr I McCain CH
Robert Van Gorder Captain Sampson CI
John Vanwyck Sub Abuse Couns DART-Pender
George Vaughn Rehab Therapy Coord Alexander CI
Willie Vinson Corr Prog Dir I Odom CI
Larry Walker Lead Corr Officer Caswell CC
Elmina Walker Admin Asst I DOP
Garrick Walker PIPUnit Supv III Dist 14
Bennie Ward Lead Corr Officer Wayne CC
Donna Ward Nurse (RN) Supv I Eastern CI
Larry Warren Jr. Corr Prog Supv . Piedmont CI
Sylvia Warren PPO II District 19C
James Warren Sergeant Sampson CI
Gloria Washington Corr Progs Supv Western YI
Dia Watson-Harrison Info Proc Tech Purchasing
Thomas Waxter Jr. Corr Progs Dir I Western YI
Neal Whitaker Sergeant Craggy CC
Clifton White PIPInten Case Off Dist 14
Angelo Wiggins Lieutenant Nash CI
Anthony Wilde Lead Corr Officer Craggy CC
James Williams Jr. Sergeant PolkYI
Chaka Williams PPO I Tr Dist 6A
Deerica Williams PPO I Tr Dist 20B
Donna Williamson Asst Supt Sampson CI
Terry Williamson Corr Prog Supv Alexander CI
Sherly Willoughby Captain Southern CI
Cathy Wilson Sergeant Foothills CI
Rita Woods Lieutenant Tyrrell PWF
Edward Worsford Sergeant PolkYI
David Worsley PPOITr Dist 7
Frances Wright Admin Officer Odom CI
BenjaminYearick PIPUnit Supv III Dist 3B
Ronald Young Corr Enter Dir I CE
Alicia Zephir Comm Serv Dist Coord CSWP
12 Third Quarter 2004 Correction News
Inmates help local shelters give dogs a new leash on life
At left, Burry's trainer
prepares to say goodbye,
and later helps her get
used to her new owner,
Dana Bridges. At right,
Chance models the lat-est
in graduation attire.
MARION-When Max, Buffy and
Pepper arrived at Marion Correctional
Institution's minimum security unit, they
were unadoptable
dogs - the ones
that had been
repeatedly passed
over in the shelter,
the pets that no
one wanted.
When they left
Marion on July 7
with excited new
owners, they
were greatly Jaspersmiles for the camera.
changed dogs. They left with a new owner.
attitude,a mendly and lovingdemeanor and The story was similar for Max and
newfound obedience. Pepper nom the McDowell shelter. Jasper
Max, Buffy and Pepper were among and Chance, were rescued from the
the first five dogs to complete the New Asheville Humane Society shelter and
Leash on Life program, a pilot partnership trained at Black Mountain Correctional
between state prisons and local animal Center for Women.
welfare agencies to turn unwanted dogs While dogs are
into adoptable pets. transformed in the
Buffy arrived at the McDowell County program, the inmates are
animal shelter after she was found in an changed too. The trainers
old barn with her litter of pups. Her puppies
were quickly adopted, but Buffy wasn't
so lucky. After a long stay in the shelter,
she. was spared euthanasia an.d sent to
prison to be partnered with inmate Bruce
Corpening. For eight weeks, Corpening
worked with Buffy,teaching her to sit, stay
and heel, and turning her into a remarkably
obedient and well-mannered dog.
Dana Bridges saw Buffy's photo in the
McDowell county newspaper and fell in
love. "I just knew I had to have her," said
Bridges, who works as a training specialist
for the Division of Prisons in Raleigh. She
sent her
application to the
animal shelter,
along with an
essay describing
what Buffy's life
would be like ifshe
were allowed to
adopt her. A few
weeks later, the
she was selected
to be Buffy's new
f-.~...
are given responsibilityand in turn gain self-esteem.
They're left with a sense of pride
and accomplishment, as well as new skills.
There's even a change in the prison
environment with the dogs around.
"We've seen a big decline in
disciplinaries," said Victoria Justice,
superintendent at Black Mountain.
"There's less stress, and in a female
environment, that's saying a lot."
"When we get to a certain age, we don't
believe in miracles anymore," said Tom
Sobol, of the Mimi Paige foundation, an
Asheville animal rescue organization. "But
this program is all about miracles."
Five new dogs arrived to replace the
first canine graduates, who have gone
home with new owners. Sparky and
Sydney are the new dogs on campus at
Black Mountain. Lucy, Simon and Belle
squirmed and fought fiercely as they were
brought into the room
at Marion to meet their
trainers. In a few
weeks, they'll be
changed dogs too.
Puppies Assisting with Sight (PAWS) takes next step
McCAIN-Nearly 15 months ago, joint effort between the Department of office in Florida for six months of
six Labrador Retriever puppies became Correction and Southeastern Guide Dogs, additional training. After training is
the newest inmates at McCain Inc. to train guide dogs for the blind. complete, the dogs will be assigned to
Correctional Hospital. On June II, the Southeastern provided the dogs and act as guides for the blind. Meanwhile,
puppies became the first graduates of training for the inmates, while the the inmates are busy training a new crop
Puppies Assisting with Sight (PAWS), a department provided inmates eager to of puppies that arrived in mid-June.
teach basic obedience, "One of the really great things about
house training and this program is that there is such a
socialization to the future significant return on such a small
guide dogs. The dogs investment," said Secretary Beck. "This
now have returned to truly is a win-win situation for everybody
Southeastern's home involved."
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Correction News Third Quarter 2004 13
TAN celebrates
four years of success
GARNER-The Transition Aftercare
Network (TAN) marked its fourth
anniversary with a statewide celebration
held at Capital Church in Gamer July 15.
The faith-based
transition and re-entry
program recruits and
trains volunteer
mentors, matchingthem
with ex-inmates to
provide assistance and
support after release
from prison.
TAN began in July
2000, when Chaplain James Prince
gathered representatives from several
faith-based prison ministries to hear a
presentation about matching JobStart
graduates with volunteer mentors after
release. The meeting inspired Prince to
believe that volunteers from existing prison
ministries could be trained to serve as those
mentors and the idea for TAN was born.
"Four years ago, 20 people stepped out
on faith," said Secretary Theodis Beck as
he addressed the gathering. "Now nothing
is impossible."
Under the program's current
coordinator, Chaplain Melvin Solomon,
TAN is moving toward its goal of having
trained volunteers in every North Carolina
county. Almost 1,200 volunteers already
are in place in 65 counties. By the end of
this year, TAN expects to have provided
assistance to 450 ex-inmates and 900 by
the end of2005. Other initiatives include
translating materials into Spanish and the
formation of a new partnership with the
Employment Security Commission in
Cumberland County.
"We are very satisfied that TAN is
moving in the right direction, but we need
to move a little faster," says Solomon. "I
encourage churches and individuals to get
involved in TAN so that we have more
volunteers, assist more offenders and really
make an impact on recidivism."
If you would like more information
about TAN, contact Chaplain Solomon at
(919) 838-4000.
Solomon
DOP welcomes 22 new chaplains
RALEIGH-The Division of Prisons aftinned 22 new prison chaplains July 27
during a ceremony at North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women. The
new chaplains have completed their orientation and are serving as chaplains at
prisons across the state. The newest chaplains are:
Gloria Aghogah
Katherine Allen
Gary Bauer
Patricia Byers
Christina Condit
Charles Cottemond
Ingrid Hackett
Joseph Johnson
James Joseph
Gary Lambert
Gregory McClain
Martin Menhinick
Louis Moore
Harlan Moss
Bob Opdyke
Pearl Ray
Daniel Redding
Arlester Simpson
Berry Taylor II
Patricia Thomas
Harold Timberlake
Blair Yager
NCCIW
Avery-Mitchell CI
Columbus CI
Cleveland CC
Mountain View CI
Pasquotank CI
Forsyth CC
Odom CI
Pender CI
Foothills CI
Harnett CI
Marion CI
Brown Creek CI
Pamlico CI
Craven CI
N. Piedmont CCW
Alexander CI
Southern CI
Pasquotank CI
Pender CI
Polk YI
Tyrrell PWF
Rev. Linda Harris, vice-chair of the North Carolina Advisory Committee on
Religious Ministry in prisons, addresses twenty-two new prison chaplains
who were affirmed July 27 in a service at the North Carolina Correctional
Institution for Women. The new chaplains have completed their orientation
and now serve offenders at prisons across the state.
14 Third Quarter 2004 Correction News
Probation officer has a little something extra
FAYETTEVILLE-Surveillance
officerJamie Brunsonhas a face that
peoplerecognize. Maybetheyhave seen
him working his full-time job as a
surveillance officer in Cwnberland COtmty.
Or maybe-just maybe, they have seen
him on the big screen.
Brunson has been an extra or a stand-in
18 times in motion pictures, television
movies and the television show "Dawson's
Creek." The Fayetteville native worked
withJohn Travoltawhile filming''Domestic
Disturbance" and he spent all day on a
ferry boat with Bruce Willis during the
filming of "The Jackal." He has fond
memories of working with Freddie Prinze
Jr.,Vmce Vaughan and James Woods, and
was especially impressed with the way
Danny Glover stayed outside in the rain
with all the extras during the filming of the
television movie "Freedom Song."
"I've enjoyed everything I've worked
on," said Brunson. "A majority of the
actors don't treat you any different than
anybody else. Most were very nice and
mendly."
From the Archives
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Many people recognized the photo in the
Second Quarter 2004 edition of CorrectionNews.
Here is a little bit of the feedback about the
photo, but ifyou have additionalinformation
about the photo, please e-mail us at
smr22@doc.state.nc.us.
I can offer a little help on the picture. This
photo is of the old D.O.C. Rescue Squad used
at Caledonia Correctional Institution until the
early 1990's. The persons in the photo I can
identify two of them. Second from the right is
Luther Whitaker (retired) and 3rd from right is
Sandy Johnson (retired); both of these staff
were CHA'sat Caledonia.
Working as an extra has had Brunson
performing a variety of roles such as
driving a truck in one movie scene to
taking pictures of people sitting on a
donkey at a carnival. He's also been in
the background as a police officer, a
detective and a blood donor.
When asked if he had any
pictures ofhimselfwith any of the
actors, Brunson said, "I've saved
a number of scripts and some
other small trinkets from the
movies, but that's about it." He
added, "I've eaten meals with
many of them, but I found that if
you treated them like an ordinary
person you got along with them a lot better
than if you treated them like a star."
Brunson says he's been offered many
opportunities to take acting more seriously,
but his family and his job as an officer are
his top priorities. He is taking a briefhiatus
from his "extra" work to spend more time
with his one-year-old daughter Jaime.
The 39-year-old also graduated summa
cum laude with a degree in criminal justice
You may wanna contact Mr. Lee,
Administrator hereat the facility,who can most
likely identify all of them for you. Hope this
helps.
w.L. Moseley, correctional unit manager
Caledoniaa
I do not know who the people are in the
picture, but the location is Caledonia CI.
Daniel Reagan
Engineering
The picture was taken in front of Caledonia,
maybe late 1970s early 1980s. Left to right. K.
Hamm, D. Phipps, S.Johnson, L.Whitaker, the
gentleman to the far right, was the P.A , can't
remember his name. I think the 1st one at
Caledonia. I started my career at Caledonia in
1975, transferred to adorn in 1990.
Correction--the 2nd from left is D. Fitts, and
the P.A.was Palepinto, not sure about the spell-ing.
Michael Norwood
Odoma
Think I can identify all staff in your article
"The Past in Pictures." They are as follows from
left to right: Keith Hamm, correctional officer;
David Fitts, correctional officer; Sandy Johnson,
from Methodist College in May. With a
3.95 grade point average, he received the
Outstanding Criminal Justice Scholar
Award, which is presented to a criminal
justice junior or senior in recognition of
outstanding academic achievement and
scholarly writing.
Brunson has been with
Community Corrections fornine
years and believes he has the
best job in the department.
When he's not doing curfew
checks on offenders or tracking
down absconders, he serves as
Brunson an in-service training instructor.
He teaches firearms, pepper spray use,
search and seizure and unlawful
workplace harassment.
"I work with a lot of good people and
I really enjoy teaching," said Brunson. "I
may get back into the movies later when
my daughter grows up and I may even
encourage her to get into it, but only for
fim. In the meantime, I will focus on being
an officer and a dad."
Writtenby Pamela Walker
CHA; Luther Whitaker, CHA; . Ed Panapinto,
physician extender.The picture was taken in
front of Caledonia Correctional Institution.
Caledonia, in those days, had self contained
ambulance as well as a fire brigade with its own
fire truck. This picture was probably sometime
during the late 70s.
Randy Lee, superintendent
Caledonia a
This photo was taken in front of Caledonia
Correctinal Institution after the purchase of an
ambulance, probably in the late 1970's. The
medical staff from left to right are CHOs Sandy
Johnson and Luther Whitaker. On he far right
is Ed Penepinto who was a physician's extender,
which we now refer to as a PA. The correctional
staff on the left are Keith Hamm who is now
with Enterprise and I am no sure who the other
is.
I am the assistant superintendent for
programs at Odom and started my career at
Caledonia. The photo is likely late 70s or early
80s. someone at caledonia might could identify
the other correctional officer. i was working at
that time as a derk in the medical department
so the medical staff i am very familiar with.
Alma Hux, assistant superintendent
Odoma
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Correction News Third Quarter 2004 1.5
Deborah Blount, an administrative as-sistant
in personnel, served as a delegate
at the North Carolina Democratic State
Convention on June 29, 2004. Atthe
convention, delegates elected statewide
delegates for the national convention
and Democratic presidential electors for
the Nov. 2 general election.
Vernon Byant,judicial district manager
in district 6A representing Halifax
County, coached the Halifax Electric
Dream Team to a gold medal at the State
Games of North Carolina June 25-27.
The team is comprised of youth 16-18
that live in Halifax and Northhamption
counties. Bryant has coached the team
for more than 10 years and uses the
team as an opportunity to mentor youth,
emphasizing strong academic perfor-mance
and positive life skills.
Earl Echard, a physician's assistant at
Polk Youth Institution, was named the
Outstanding Physician Assistant of the
Year May 31 by the American Acad-emy
of Physician Assistants. The acad-emy
recognized Echard for his dedica-tion
and years of service. He has served
the Department of Correction since
1979.
Mary H. Johnson, a social research
assistant with the administrative services
section for the Division of Community
Corrections, was recently inducted into
the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor
Society in recognition of her academic
excellence. Ms. Johnson is studying
criminal justice atWake Technical Com-munity
College.
Virginia Price, special assistant to the
secretary currently serving as interim
assistant secretary, has been elected to
the advisory council for. the National
CriminalJusticeAssociation.NCJArep-resents
the interests of state and local
government organizations regarding
crimepreventionand crimecontrol.
Retirements
(30 Years or More)
Bernadette Atencio
Pamela Basinger
Johnnie Bryant
Lawrence Dunstan
Brenda Evans
Betsy Frazier
Deaths
Fentress Bryant III
Harry Suddreth Jr.
Livis Freeman
Mickey Hobson
Michael Hoyng
Clifton Livingston
Maynard Proctor
Paul Reep
HOlloI' Students
Valorie Greene
I)cpal.tnlcnt moul'ns
loss offil"st dnlg dog
RALEIGH-Arras, the Division of
Prisons' firstfull-timenarcoticsdetection
dog, died June 22. The nine-year old
Belgian Malinois had been with the
department since January 1997.
As a puppy,Arras spent the firstyear
of his life learning how to track scents
before he came to the department. He
firstteamedwithcorrectionalofficerLee
Taylorand laterteamedwith Sgt. Eddie
Poole to helpstem the flowof drugsinto
the state's
prison. Both
Taylor and
Poole were
impressed
withthedog's
abilities and
say he could
pickonescent
out of a
thousand. Arras with his first DOC
Arras did partner, Lee Taylor. Sgt,
Eddie Poole handled Arras
morethanjust for the past few years.
sniff out
drugs, h...
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Can anyone help identify the origin of this photograph? If you think you know the people, the location, the
year or anything about it, please e-mail usatsmr22@doc.state.nc.us. and share your memories with us!
Best in the Business
Penny Archer, Alvin Breeden,
Diana Victoria Carter, Grady
Collins, Virginia Cosner, Daniel
Everett, Gwendolyn Gordon,
Wendell Hargrave, Lt. Allison
Henry, Rick Jackson, Harold
Johnson, Suzanne Johnson,
Deborah "Cami" Kingsbury,
Donald Loften, Nicholas Mackey,
J ames Maher, Clyde Wilson,
Morris, Denise Radford, Raymond
Signal, Ernest Sutton, Randolph
Thomas and Phileria Ann
Washington were nominatedby their
peers for the American Correctional
Association's Best in the Business
Award. The winners are featured in
the June 2004 edition of Corrections
Today.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
September 9-11
21stAnnual SEANC Convention,Koury
Convention Center/Sheraton Four Sea-sons,
Greensboro. For more info, con-tact
SEANCat (919) 833-6436 or 1-800-
222-2758.
October 27-29, 2004
2004 North Carolina ProbationlParole
Association Training Institute. Sheraton
Hotel, Atlantic Beach. For more info,
contact Susan Walker at (252) 946-6548.
November 17-18, 2004
North Carolina CorrectionalAssociation
Annual TrainingConference.Millennium
Hotel, Durham. $40-60. Call Jay Clark
at (910) 281-4819 or Doris Daye at (919)
477-2314.
Correction News is an employee
newsletter published by the North Caro-lina
Department of Correction's Public
Affairs Office. The newsletter is avail-able
on the Department's Web site at
www.doc.state.nc.us.
If you have questions, comments or
story ideas, please contact Mildred
Spearman at smr22@doc.state.nc.us
or call the Public Affairs Office at (919)
716-3700.
A dill ill isfl'llfilJlI
Michael F. Easley
Governor
Theodis Beck
Secretary
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l Pamela Walker
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